Exodus 19:12
And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
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ASV
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
KJV
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤ | ve.hig.bal.Ta | and you will set a boundary for | H1379 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעָם֙ | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| סָבִ֣יב | sa.Viv | all around | H5439 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| הִשָּׁמְר֥וּ | hi.sha.me.Ru | take heed | H8104 → |
| לָכֶ֛ם | la.Khem | to <the> yourselves | |
| עֲל֥וֹת | a.Lot | to go up | H5927 → |
| בָּהָ֖ר | ba.Har | on the mountain | H2022 → |
| וּנְגֹ֣עַ | u.ne.Go.a' | and to touch | H5060 → |
| בְּקָצֵ֑הוּ | be.ka.Tze.hu | <in> edge its | H7097 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | ha.no.Ge.a' | <the> [one who] touches | H5060 → |
| בָּהָ֖ר | ba.Har | <in> the mountain | H2022 → |
| מ֥וֹת | Mot | certainly <to die> | H4191 → |
| יוּמָֽת׃ | yu.Mat | he will be put to death | H4191 → |
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