Exodus 33:12

“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.’”

Exodus 33:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.”

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