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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Whatמַהis thatזֶּהin your hand?”בְיָדֶךָHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“A staff.”מַטֶּה
Exodus 4:2
Study it in the app“YHWH said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:2, 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- in your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- “A staffמַטֶּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears
The context
1Moses answered and said, “Look, they will not believe me and will not listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘YHWH did not appear to you.’”
2 · This verse (above)
3He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.