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AndוַMosesמֹשֶׁהsaidיֹּאמֶרto allאֶל כָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“This isזֶהthe thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas commanded,צִוָּהsaying,לֵאמֹר
Exodus 35:4
Study it in the app“And Moses said to all the community of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing that YHWH has commanded, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 35:4, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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 thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” 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- has commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
3You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
4 · This verse (above)
5‘Take from among you a contribution for YHWH. Whoever is generous of heart, let him bring it, the contribution of YHWH: gold, and silver, and bronze;