He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“ButכִּיI will beאֶהְיֶהwith you,עִמָּךְand thisוְזֶהwill be the signהָאוֹתfor youלְּךָthatכִּיIאָנֹכִיhave sent you:שְׁלַחְתִּיךָwhen you have brought outבְּהוֹצִיאֲךָthe peopleאֶת הָעָםfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםyou will serveתַּעַבְדוּןElohimאֶת הָאֱלֹהִיםonעַלthisהַזֶּהmountain.”הָהָר
Exodus 3:12
Study it in the app“He said, “But I will be with you, and this will be the sign for you that I have sent you: when you have brought out the people from Egypt, you will serve Elohim on this mountain.””
Moses doubts himself; God says, “I will be with you”Purpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 3:12, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- I will beאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears- will be the signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- have sent youשְׁלַחְתִּיshelachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachti” appears- when you have brought outהוֹצִיאֲhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- you will serveתַּעַבְדוּtaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “taavdu” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
11Moses said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?”
12 · This verse (above)
13Moses said to Elohim, “Look, if I come to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”