When they wentבְּבֹאָםinto the tentאֶל אֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדand when they came nearוּבְקָרְבָתָםto the altar,אֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַthey would wash,יִרְחָצוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
Exodus 40:32
Study it in the app“When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they would wash, as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 40:32, word by word
- When they wentבֹאָvoa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “voa” appears- into the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears- and when they came nearקָרְבָתָkarvata
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karvata” appears- to the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- they would washיִרְחָצוּyirchatsu
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “yirchatsu” appears- 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- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” 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
The context
31And Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash from it their hands and their feet.
32 · This verse (above)
33And he set up the courtyard all around the dwelling and the altar, and put the screen of the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.