Leviticus 27:34

Summary

This verse is a closing formula that identifies the preceding material as mitzvot ("commandments", H4687) commanded by Yehovah to Moses. It specifies the recipients as bene Yisra'el ("the people of Israel", H1121G/H3478) and the location as har Sinai ("Mount Sinai", H2022G/H5514G).

Key words

• 'Elleh ("these", H0428) — demonstrative particle opening the verse, pointing back to the content just concluded, marking this as a summary/colophon statement.
• mitzvot ("commandments", H4687) — feminine plural noun, the direct referent of the demonstrative; denotes the body of instructions being closed out.
• tzivvah ("he commanded", H6680) — Piel perfect verb, intensive stem indicating a formal, authoritative act of command, completed action (perfect aspect) with Yehovah as subject.
• bene ("[the] people of", H1121G) — masculine plural construct noun, grammatically bound to Yisra'el, forming the phrase "sons/people of Israel."
• har ("[the] mountain of", H2022G) — masculine singular construct noun, bound to Sinai, forming the place-name phrase "Mount Sinai."

What the text says

The verse opens with the demonstrative 'Elleh ("these"), followed by the article-marked noun ha-mitzvot ("the commandments"), functioning as a nominal clause: "These are the commandments." This is then modified by a relative clause introduced by 'asher ("which", H0834A), which specifies who commanded them and to whom: tzivvah Yehovah 'et-Mosheh ("Yehovah commanded Moses"). The direct object marker 'et (H0853) before Mosheh signals that Moses is the grammatical object of the verb tzivvah, i.e., the one to whom the command was given, not an agent.

The phrase 'el-bene Yisra'el ("to the people of Israel") uses the preposition 'el (H0413) to indicate the ultimate audience of the commandments, distinct from Moses as the immediate recipient. The construct chain bene Yisra'el binds "people/sons" to "Israel" as a fixed compound expression. Similarly, be-har Sinai uses the preposition be (H9003) with the construct noun har bound to Sinai, locating the entire transmission event at a specific place. The verb tzivvah is in the Piel perfect, an intensive stem here used for the act of formal commanding, and the perfect aspect frames the action as completed prior to this closing statement.

Differences between versions

The Hebrew text places 'el-bene Yisra'el ("to the people of Israel") before be-har Sinai ("on Mount Sinai"), matching the word order in LXX (πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ ... ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σεινά) and Vulgate (ad filios Israël ... in monte Sinai). The SBLIBRE Spanish translation reorders these phrases, placing "en el monte Sinaí" before "para los israelitas," a sequence not reflected in the Hebrew, LXX, or Vulgate ordering.