YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Mosesאֶל מֹשֶׁהand Aaron,וְאַהֲרֹן“Thisזֹאתis the statuteחֻקַּתof the Passover:הַפָּסַחnoכָּל לֹאforeignerבֶּן נֵכָרshall eatיֹאכַלof it.בּוֹ
Exodus 12:43
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:43, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- is the statuteחֻקַּתchukat
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukat” appears- of the Passoverפָּסַחpasach
Passover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “pasach” appears- foreignerבֶּןben
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “ben” appears- foreignerנֵכָרnechar
foreign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appears- shall eatיֹאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears
The context
42It was a night of watching for YHWH, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for YHWH a night of watching for all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.
43 · This verse (above)
44But any man’s slave bought with silver, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it.