AndוַYHWHיְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Alsoגַּםthisהַזֶּהthingאֶת הַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyou have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּI will do,אֶעֱשֶׂהforכִּיyou have foundמָצָאתָfavorחֵןin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיand I know youוָאֵדָעֲךָby name.”בְּשֵׁם
Exodus 33:17
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 33:17, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- you have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- I will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” 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 eyesעֵינַena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears- and I know youאֵדָעֲedaa
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “edaa” appears- by nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears
The context
16For 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?”
17 · This verse (above)
18And he said, “Show me, please, your glory.”