And wheneverוְהָיָה כְּMosesמֹשֶׁהwent outצֵאתto the tent,אֶל הָאֹהֶלallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםwould riseיָקוּמוּand stand,וְנִצְּבוּeach manאִישׁat the entranceפֶּתַחof his tent,אָהֳלוֹand watchוְהִבִּיטוּafter Mosesאַחֲרֵי מֹשֶׁהuntilעַדhe wentבֹּאוֹinto the tent.הָאֹהֱלָה
Exodus 33:8
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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).
Where else “moshe” appears- went outצֵאתtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- to the tentאֹהֶלohel
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- would riseיָקוּמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and standנִצְּבוּnitsvu
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsvu” appears- each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- and watchהִבִּיטוּhibitu
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “hibitu” appears- he wentבֹּאbo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bo” appears
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.