Exodus 12:43

“YHWH said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it.”

Exodus 12:43 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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).

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and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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is the statuteחֻקַּתchukat

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

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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.

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foreignerבֶּןben

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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foreignerנֵכָרnechar

foreign

What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.

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shall eatיֹאכַלyochal

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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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.

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