Deuteronomy 4:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;

King James Bible
And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only [ye heard] a voice.

Hebrew
And the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

spoke
וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to you
אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם (’ă·lê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

out of
מִתּ֣וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the fire.
הָאֵ֑שׁ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

You
אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

heard
שֹׁמְעִ֔ים (šō·mə·‘îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the sound
ק֤וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of the words,
דְּבָרִים֙ (də·ḇā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

but saw
רֹאִ֖ים (rō·’îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

no
אֵינְכֶ֥ם (’ê·nə·ḵem)
Adverb | second person masculine plural
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

form;
וּתְמוּנָ֛ה (ū·ṯə·mū·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation

there was only
זוּלָתִ֥י (zū·lā·ṯî)
Preposition
Strong's 2108: Scattering, removal, except

a voice.
קֽוֹל׃ (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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