Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
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ASV
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
KJV
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַ֤ר | ve.Har | and [the] mountain of | H2022 → |
| סִינַי֙ | si.Nai | Sinai | H5514 → |
| עָשַׁ֣ן | 'a.Shan | it was smoking | H6225 → |
| כֻּלּ֔וֹ | ku.Lo | all of it | H3605 → |
| מִ֠פְּנֵי | Mi.pe.nei | <from> because | H6440 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| יָרַ֥ד | ya.Rad | he had come down | H3381 → |
| עָלָ֛יו | 'a.Lav | on it | H5921 → |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| בָּאֵ֑שׁ | ba.'Esh | in <the> fire | H784 → |
| וַיַּ֤עַל | vai.Ya.'al | and it went up | H5927 → |
| עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ | a.sha.No | smoke its | H6227 → |
| כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן | ke.'E.shen | like [the] smoke of | H6227 → |
| הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן | ha.kiv.Shan | <the> furnace | H3536 → |
| וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד | vai.ye.che.Rad | and it trembled | H2729 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָהָ֖ר | ha.Har | the mountain | H2022 → |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | me.'Od | exceedingly | H3966 → |
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