Study it in the app“But Moses pleaded before YHWH his Elohim and said, “Why, YHWH, does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?”
At the golden calf, God burns with anger and Moses pleads for the peopleHolinessMoses pleads with God for the people who had just failed himPrayer
But Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהpleaded beforeיְחַל אֶת פְּנֵיYHWHיְהוָהhis Elohimאֱלֹהָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Why,לָמָהYHWH,יְהוָהdoes your angerאַפְּךָburnיֶחֱרֶהagainst your people,בְּעַמֶּךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou brought outהוֹצֵאתָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwith greatבְּ גָּדוֹלpowerכֹחַand with a strongוּבְ חֲזָקָהhand?יָד
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” appearsentreat
Literally "soften the face": to plead for someone's favor.
Where else “yechal” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appearsburn
For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.
Where else “yechere” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ame” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseta” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appearsstrong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsEgypt
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).
10Now let me alone, so that my anger may burn against them and I may consume them; and I will make you into a great nation.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the ground’? Turn from the heat of your anger and relent concerning the evil planned against your people.
