AndוַMosesמֹשֶׁהsaidיֹּאמֶרto YHWH,אֶל יְהוָה“See,רְאֵהyouאַתָּהsayאֹמֵרto me,אֵלַי‘Bring upהַעַלthisהַזֶּהpeople,’אֶת הָעָםbut youוְאַתָּהhave notלֹאlet me knowהוֹדַעְתַּנִיwhomאֵת אֲשֶׁרyou will sendתִּשְׁלַחwith me.עִמִּיYet youוְאַתָּהhave said,אָמַרְתָּ‘I know youיְדַעְתִּיךָby name,בְשֵׁםand alsoוְגַםyou have foundמָצָאתָfavorחֵןin my eyes.’בְּעֵינָי
Exodus 33:12
Study it in the app“And Moses said to YHWH, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my eyes.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 33:12, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- “Seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- ‘Bring upהַעַלhaal
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haal” appears- people,’עָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- let me knowהוֹדַעְתַּhodata
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodata” appears- you will sendתִּשְׁלַחtishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appears- by nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- you have foundמָצָאתָmatsata
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsata” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in my eyes.’עֵינָena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears
The context
11And YHWH would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his companion. Then he would return to the camp, but his assistant Joshua son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from inside the tent.
12 · This verse (above)
13Now if, please, I have found favor in your eyes, let me know, please, your ways, so that I may know you, in order that I may find favor in your eyes. And see that this nation is your people.”