YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAaron,אַהֲרֹן“Goלֵךְto meetלִקְרַאתMosesמֹשֶׁהin the wilderness.”הַמִּדְבָּרָהSo he wentוַיֵּלֶךְand met himוַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּat the mountainבְּהַרof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםand kissedוַיִּשַּׁקhim.לוֹ
Exodus 4:27
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
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- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” 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 the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- and met himיִּפְגְּשֵׁyifgshe
meet
Meet someone, come upon, encounter.
Where else “yifgshe” appears- at the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and kissedיִּשַּׁקyishak
kiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “yishak” appears
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.