Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
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ASV
And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
KJV
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
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Commentary
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֩ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| בַיּ֨וֹם | vai.Yom | on the day | H3117 → |
| הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י | ha.she.li.Shi | <the> third | H7992 → |
| בִּֽהְיֹ֣ת | bih.Yot | when came | H1961 → |
| הַבֹּ֗קֶר | ha.Bo.ker | the morning | H1242 → |
| וַיְהִי֩ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| קֹלֹ֨ת | ko.Lot | thunder claps | H6963 → |
| וּבְרָקִ֜ים | u.ve.ra.Kim | and lightning<s> | H1300 → |
| וְעָנָ֤ן | ve.'a.Nan | and a cloud | H6051 → |
| כָּבֵד֙ | ka.Ved | heavy | H3515 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָהָ֔ר | ha.Har | the mountain | H2022 → |
| וְקֹ֥ל | ve.Kol | and [the] sound of | H6963 → |
| שֹׁפָ֖ר | sho.Far | a ram's horn | H7782 → |
| חָזָ֣ק | cha.Zak | strong | H2389 → |
| מְאֹ֑ד | me.'Od | very | H3966 → |
| וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד | vai.ye.che.Rad | and it trembled | H2729 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָעָ֖ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | Ba.ma.cha.Neh | [was] in the camp | H4264 → |
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