Exodus 19:23:14Exod.19.23.W14TAB
אֶת־הָהָ֖ר
ethahar
“the mountain”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-HAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-HAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the mountain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
hag-BEL et-ha-HAR
- clause
KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to
- sentence
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to
Exegesis
In the quotation, hagbel {הַגְבֵּ֥ל | ha-geb-bêl} ‘set a boundary’ is a Hifil imperative, followed by the object et-hahar {אֶת־הָהָר | ʾet-hā-hār} ‘the mountain,’ and concluded with ve-qiddashto {וְקִדַּשְׁתּֽוֹ | wə-qiddāš-tô} ‘and you shall sanctify it.’ This structure preserves Hebrew verb–subject order in English subject–verb order while maintaining the causal and solemn tone.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–resh
“mountain”
In context — Exodus 19:23
Moses said to the LORD , “The people cannot ascend Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:23:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 19:23, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָהָ֖ר (ethahar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.19.23.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.23.W14.S1) and character.