Exodus 4:6

“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.”

Exodus 4:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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