You shall speakוְדִבַּרְתָּto himאֵלָיוand putוְשַׂמְתָּthe wordsאֶת הַדְּבָרִיםin his mouth;בְּפִיוand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill beאֶהְיֶהwithעִםyour mouthפִּיךָand withוְעִםhis mouth,פִּיהוּand I will teachוְהוֹרֵיתִיyouאֶתְכֶםwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרyou shall do.תַּעֲשׂוּן
Exodus 4:15
Study it in the app“You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:15, word by word
- You shall speakדִבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- and putשַׂמְתָּsamta
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samta” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- in his mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- will beאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears- and I will teachהוֹרֵיתִיhoreti
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “horeti” appears- you shall doתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears
The context
14Then the anger of YHWH burned against Moses, and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can surely speak. And look, he is also coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 · This verse (above)
16He shall speak for you to the people; and it will be that he will be a mouth for you, and you will be to him as Elohim.