And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“If,אִםplease,נָאI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָAdonai,אֲדֹנָיlet Adonaiאֲדֹנָיgo,יֵלֶךְplease,נָאin our midst;בְּקִרְבֵּנוּalthoughכִּיitהוּאis a stubbornקְשֵׁה עֹרֶףpeople,עַםforgiveוְסָלַחְתָּour iniquityלַעֲוֺנֵנוּand our sin,וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּand take us as your inheritance.”וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ
Exodus 34:9
Study it in the app“And he said, “If, please, I have found favor in your eyes, Adonai, let Adonai go, please, in our midst; although it is a stubborn people, forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:9, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- I have foundמָצָאתִיmatsati
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- goיֵלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- in our midstקִרְבֵּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears- is a stubbornקְשֵׁהkeshe
stubborn
Unyielding: "stiff-necked people".
Where else “keshe” appears- is a stubbornעֹרֶףoref
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “oref” appears- peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- forgiveסָלַחְתָּsalachta
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “salachta” appears- our iniquityעֲוֺנֵavone
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avone” appears- and our sinחַטָּאתֵchatate
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatate” appears- and take us as your inheritanceנְחַלְתָּnechalta
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “nechalta” appears
The context
8And Moses hurried to bow to the ground and worshiped.
9 · This verse (above)
10And he said, “Look, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do wonders that have not been created in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of YHWH, for it is fearsome, what I am doing with you.