מְאֹֽד׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מְאֹֽד׃

   me-OD

   greatly
2. clause🔊 וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כָל־הָהָ֖ר מְאֹֽד׃

   va-ya-AL a-sha-NO ke-E-shen ha-kiv-SHAN va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-HAR me-OD

   its smoke went up like the smoke of the kiln the whole mountain trembled greatly
3. sentence🔊 וְהַ֤ר סִינַי֙ עָשַׁ֣ן כֻּלּ֔וֹ מִ֠פְּנֵי אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרַ֥ד עָלָ֛יו יְהוָ֖ה בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כָל־הָהָ֖ר מְאֹֽד׃

   ve-HAR see-NAI a-SHAN kul-LO mip-NEI a-SHER ya-RAD a-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ba-ESH va-ya-AL a-sha-NO ke-E-shen ha-kiv-SHAN va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-HAR me-OD

   and Mount Sinai smoked all of it because that descended upon it LORD in the fire its smoke went up like the smoke of the kiln the whole mountain trembled greatly

Exegesis

The simile keeshen ha-kivshan {כְּעֶשֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁן | kə-ʿe-šen ha-kiv-šān} ‘like the smoke of the furnace’ evokes a vivid kiln image, and the final wayyiqtol vayyecherad {וַיֶּחֱרַד | way-ye-ḥe-rad} ‘and trembled’, with subject kol-hahar {כָּל־הָהָר | kol-hā-har} ‘the whole mountain’ plus meod {מְאֹד | mə-ʾōd} ‘exceedingly’, culminates the theophanic display. English renders the wayyiqtol sequence with “was smoking,” “came down,” “rose,” and “trembled,” connects the reason with “because,” and preserves the simile with “like.”