Exodus 34:9

“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.””

Exodus 34:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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in our midstקִרְבֵּkirbe

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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is a stubbornקְשֵׁהkeshe

stubborn

Unyielding: "stiff-necked people".

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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.

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