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And when Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהfinishedיְכַלspeakingמִדַּבֵּרwith them,אִתָּםhe putוַיִּתֵּןon his faceעַל פָּנָיוa veil.מַסְוֶה
Exodus 34:33
Study it in the app“And when Moses finished speaking with them, he put on his face a veil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:33, word by word
- And when 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- finishedיְכַלyechal
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechal” appears- speakingדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- he putיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- on his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- a veilמַסְוֶהmasve
veil
The veil with which Moses covered his face. It occurs only in Exodus 34:33-35.
Where else “masve” appears
The context
32And afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that YHWH had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
33 · This verse (above)
34And whenever Moses went in before YHWH to speak with him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded.