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Heהוּאshall speakוְדִבֶּרfor youלְךָtoאֶלthe people;הָעָםand it will beוְהָיָהthat heהוּאwill beיִהְיֶהa mouthלְפֶהfor you,לְּךָand youוְאַתָּהwill beתִּהְיֶהto himלּוֹas Elohim.לֵאלֹהִים
Exodus 4:16
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:16, word by word
- shall speakדִבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- a mouthפֶהfe
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fe” appears- as Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears
Translation note
The text itself explains the relation: Moses will put the words in Aaron’s mouth, and Aaron will speak for him to the people (4:15-16). In 7:1 the same is said in other words: Moses will be “as Elohim” to Pharaoh, and Aaron “your prophet.”
The context
15You 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And this staff you shall take in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”