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Exodus 24:2
“And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָגַשׁnâgash · naw-gash'
H5066 · Hebrew
H5066 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- נִגַּ֨שׁ — verb Niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 125 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:23Genesis 19:9Genesis 19:9Genesis 27:21Genesis 27:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָגַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.