Threeשָׁלֹשׁtimesפְּעָמִיםin the yearבַּשָּׁנָהallכָּלyour malesזְכוּרְךָshall appearיֵרָאֶהbeforeאֶת פְּנֵיthe Lord,הָאָדֹןYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Exodus 34:23
Study it in the app“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord, YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:23, word by word
- Threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- in the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- your malesזְכוּרְzechur
males
Males.
Where else “zechur” appears- shall appearיֵרָאֶהyerae
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yerae” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the Lordאָדֹןadon
Lord
The Lord, said of God.
Where else “adon” 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
22And the Feast of Weeks you shall observe for yourself, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
23 · This verse (above)
24For I will dispossess nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no man shall covet your land when you go up to appear before YHWH your Elohim three times in the year.