YHWHיְהוָהalsoעוֹדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Please putהָבֵא נָאyour handיָדְךָinto your bosom.”בְּחֵיקֶךָSo he putוַיָּבֵאhis handיָדוֹinto his bosom,בְּחֵיקוֹand when he took it out,וַיּוֹצִאָהּlook,וְהִנֵּהhis handיָדוֹwas leprous,מְצֹרַעַתlike snow.כַּשָּׁלֶג
Exodus 4:6
Study it in the app“YHWH also said to him, “Please put your hand into your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, look, his hand was leprous, like snow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:6, 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- “Please putהָבֵאhave
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “have” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- into your bosomחֵיקֶcheke
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “cheke” appears- and when he took it outיּוֹצִאָyotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsia” appears- was leprousמְצֹרַעַתmetsoraat
have leprosy
Have tsaraat ("leprosy"): a skin disease that made a person unclean (Leviticus 13). It is not exactly the disease called leprosy today.
Where else “metsoraat” appears- like snowשָּׁלֶגshaleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “shaleg” appears
The context
5“so that they may believe that YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 · This verse (above)
7He said, “Put back your hand into your bosom.” So he put back his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out of his bosom, look, it had become again like his other flesh.