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Exodus 3:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.


Exodus 3:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:618 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וֵאלֹהֵיwēʾlōhêAnd God
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיַּסְתֵּרwayasətērAnd hide
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
פָּנָיוpānāywFace
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָרֵאyārēʾFear
מֵהַבִּיטmēhabîṭFrom scan
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וֵאלֹהֵיwēʾlōhêAnd God
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיַּסְתֵּרwayasətērAnd hide
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
פָּנָיוpānāywFace
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָרֵאyārēʾFear
מֵהַבִּיטmēhabîṭFrom scan
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

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