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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“How longעַד אָנָהwill you refuseמֵאַנְתֶּםto keepלִשְׁמֹרmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַיand my instructions?וְתוֹרֹתָי
Exodus 16:28
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:28, 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- “How longאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- will you refuseמֵאַנְתֶּםmeantem
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meantem” appears- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appears- and my instructionsתוֹרֹתָtorota
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torota” appears
The context
27On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found nothing.
28 · This verse (above)
29See that YHWH has given you the Sabbath; that is why he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Stay, each one, where he is; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”