Exodus 19:24:11Exod.19.24.W11TAB
אַל־יֽ͏ֶהֶרְס֛וּ
ahlyehhehrsoo
“do not let them break through”
- Transliteration
- ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO
- IPA
- /ʔal.jɛ.hɛr.ˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not let them break through
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO
- clause
ve-ha-koh-ha-NEEM ve-ha-AM ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH pehn-yif-rots-BAAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH lekh-RED ve-a-li-TA a-TA ve-a-ha-RON im-MAAKH ve-ha-koh-ha-NEEM ve-ha-AM ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH pehn-yif-rots-BAAM
Exegesis
The prohibition clause uses al {אַל־ | ʾal} ‘do not’ with the imperfect yehersû {יֽ͏ֶהֶרְס֛וּ | yehersû} ‘let them break through’, governing the infinitive laalot {לַעֲלֹ֥ת | laʿălōt} ‘to go up’ and the goal phrase el-YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה | ʾel Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’.
Root and etymology
h-r-sheh–resh–samekh
“to break down, tear down”
In context — Exodus 19:24
And the LORD said to him, “Go down. Afterward you shall come up, you and Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to go up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 19:24, so the Hebrew word אַל־יֽ͏ֶהֶרְס֛וּ (ahlyehhehrsoo) 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.19.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.24.W11.S1) and character.