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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMosesמֹשֶׁהin Midian,בְּמִדְיָן“Go,לֵךְreturnשֻׁבto Egypt,מִצְרָיִםforכִּיallכָּלthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho were seekingהַמְבַקְשִׁיםyour lifeאֶת נַפְשֶׁךָare dead.”מֵתוּ
Exodus 4:19
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:19, 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- 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- in Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- returnשֻׁבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who were seekingמְבַקְשִׁיםmevakshim
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “mevakshim” appears- your lifeנַפְשֶׁnafshe
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appears- are deadמֵתוּmetu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metu” appears
Places in this verse
1Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
18Moses went and returned to Jether his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 · This verse (above)
20So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on the donkey and returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the staff of Elohim in his hand.