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And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“You cannotלֹא תוּכַלseeלִרְאֹתmy face,אֶת פָּנָיforכִּיnoלֹאhuman beingהָאָדָםcan seeיִרְאַmeנִיand live.”וָחָי
Exodus 33:20
Study it in the app“And he said, “You cannot see my face, for no human being can see me and live.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 33:20, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “You cannotתוּכַלtuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “tuchal” appears- seeרְאֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- my faceפָּנָpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and liveחָיchay
live
Live.
Where else “chay” appears
The context
19And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of YHWH before you; and I will favor whom I favor, and I will have mercy on whom I have mercy.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And YHWH said, “Look, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.