Exodus 4:27

“YHWH said to Aaron, “Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of Elohim and kissed him.”

Exodus 4:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 4:27, 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.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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“Goלֵךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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to meetקְרַאתkerat

meet

To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.

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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).

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in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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and met himיִּפְגְּשֵׁyifgshe

meet

Meet someone, come upon, encounter.

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at the mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and kissedיִּשַּׁקyishak

kiss

To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.

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The context

26So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

27 · This verse (above)

28Moses told Aaron all the words of YHWH with which he had sent him and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.

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