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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Whoמִיgaveשָׂםa mouthפֶּהto a human being?לָאָדָםOrאוֹwhoמִיmakes oneיָשׂוּםmute,אִלֵּםorאוֹdeaf,חֵרֵשׁorאוֹseeing,פִקֵּחַorאוֹblind?עִוֵּרIs it notהֲלֹאI,אָנֹכִיYHWH?יְהוָה
Exodus 4:11
Study it in the app“YHWH said to him, “Who gave a mouth to a human being? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, YHWH?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:11, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- gaveשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- a mouthפֶּהpe
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pe” appears- to a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- muteאִלֵּםilem
mute
Mute.
Where else “ilem” appears- deafחֵרֵשׁcheresh
deaf
Deaf.
Where else “cheresh” appears- seeingפִקֵּחַfikeach
clear-sighted
Seeing clearly, with open eyes.
Where else “fikeach” appears- blindעִוֵּרiver
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “iver” appears
The context
10Moses said to YHWH, “Please, Adonai, I have never been a man of words, either in the past or before that or since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of mouth and slow of tongue.”
11 · This verse (above)
12So now, go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall speak.”