YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Thusכֹּהyou shall sayתֹאמַרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל‘Youאַתֶּםhave seenרְאִיתֶםthatכִּיfromמִןheavenהַשָּׁמַיִםI have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיwith you.עִמָּכֶם
Exodus 20:22
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘You have seen that from heaven I have spoken with you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 20:22, 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- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- have seenרְאִיתֶםreitem
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “reitem” appears- heavenשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- I have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears
The context
21The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the dense cloud where Elohim was.
22 · This verse (above)
23You shall not make beside me gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.