Exodus 33:8

“And 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.”

Exodus 33:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 33:8, word by word

And wheneverהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
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).

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went outצֵאתtset

go out

To go out of a place.

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to the tentאֹהֶלohel

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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would riseיָקוּמוּyakumu

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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and standנִצְּבוּnitsvu

stand

To remain upright in a place without moving.

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each manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach

entrance, door

Entrance, doorway, door, opening.

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and watchהִבִּיטוּhibitu

look

Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.

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he wentבֹּאbo

enter

To go into a place.

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The context

7And 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.

8 · This verse (above)

9And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and he would speak with Moses.

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