YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Look,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam comingבָּאto youאֵלֶיךָin a thickבְּעַבcloud,הֶעָנָןso thatבַּעֲבוּרthe peopleהָעָםmay hearיִשְׁמַעwhen I speakבְּדַבְּרִיwith you,עִמָּךְand may alsoוְגַםbelieveיַאֲמִינוּin youבְּךָforever.”לְעוֹלָםThen Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהtoldיַּגֵּדthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof the peopleהָעָםto YHWH.אֶל יְהוָה
Exodus 19:9
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “Look, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe in you forever.” Then Moses told the words of the people to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:9, 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- am comingבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- in a thickעַבav
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “av” appears- cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- may hearיִשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- when I speakדַבְּרִdabri
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabri” appears- believeיַאֲמִינוּyaaminu
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “yaaminu” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears
The context
8All the people answered together and said, “All that YHWH has spoken we will do.” And Moses brought back the words of the people to YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10YHWH said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments