Exodus 33:16

“For how then shall it be known that I have found favor in your eyes, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinguished, I and your people, from all the people that are on the face of the ground?””

Exodus 33:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 33:16, word by word

thenאֵפוֹאefo

then

Then; so, now.

Where else “efo” appears
shall it be knownיִוָּדַעyivada

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yivada” appears
I have foundמָצָאתִיmatsati

find favor

To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.

Where else “matsati” appears
favorחֵןchen

favor

Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.

Where else “chen” appears
in your eyesעֵינֶיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears
and your peopleעַמֶּame

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ame” appears
in your goingלֶכְתְּlecht

go along

To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.

Where else “lecht” appears
so that we are distinguishedנִפְלֵינוּniflenu

make a distinction

Make a distinction, treat differently, set apart.

Where else “niflenu” appears
on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears
of the groundאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

Where else “adama” appears

The context

15And he said to him, “If your presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.

16 · This verse (above)

17And YHWH said to Moses, “Also this thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my eyes, and I know you by name.”

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