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Exodus 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.


Exodus 3:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:415 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
כִּיRelative conjunction
סָרsārTurn
לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַסְּנֶהhasənehThe bramble
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
כִּיRelative conjunction
סָרsārTurn
לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַסְּנֶהhasənehThe bramble
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!

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