And Mosesוּמֹשֶׁהused to takeיִקַּחthe tentאֶת הָאֹהֶלand pitchוְנָטָהitלוֹoutsideמִחוּץthe camp,לַמַּחֲנֶהfar offהַרְחֵקfrom the camp,מִן הַמַּחֲנֶהand he calledוְקָרָאitלוֹthe tentאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵדAnd everyoneוְהָיָה כָּלwho soughtמְבַקֵּשׁYHWHיְהוָהwould go outיֵצֵאto the tentאֶל אֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדwhich wasאֲשֶׁרoutsideמִחוּץthe camp.לַמַּחֲנֶה
Exodus 33:7
Study it in the app“And Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought YHWH would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 33:7, word by word
- And 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- used to takeיִקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- and pitchנָטָהnata
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nata” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- far offהַרְחֵקharchek
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “harchek” appears- and he calledקָרָאkara
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears- And everyoneהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- who soughtמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
seek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- 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- would go outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears
Translation note
This tent is not yet the dwelling (which is set up in Exodus 40), but a tent outside the camp where Moses met with YHWH.
The context
6So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb on.
7 · This verse (above)
8And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand, each man at the entrance of his tent, and watch after Moses until he went into the tent.