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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהrelentedיִּנָּחֶםconcerning the evilעַל הָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had saidדִּבֶּרhe would doלַעֲשׂוֹתto his people.לְעַמּוֹ
Exodus 32:14
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Exodus 32:14, word by word
- And 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- relentedיִּנָּחֶםyinachem
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “yinachem” appears- concerning the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- he had saidדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- he would doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- to his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears
Translation note
“Relented” translates the verb nacham, the same that is said of YHWH in Genesis 6:6-7. Compare Numbers 23:19 and Jeremiah 18:7-8.
The context
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
14 · This verse (above)
15And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets written on both their sides; on one side and on the other they were written.