Exodus 6:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֵרָ֗א אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּאֵ֣ל שַׁדָּ֑י וּשְׁמִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖עְתִּי לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wā-ʾērāʾ unto ʾAḇrāhām unto Yiṣḥāq and-unto Yaʿăqōḇ as ʾĒl Šaddāy and-my-name YHWH not nōdaʿtî to-them

Grammar Details

*wā-ʾērāʾ*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 1st singular - and I appeared
unto: preposition *ʾel* - to, toward
*ʾAḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
*Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun, masculine singular - Isaac
and-unto: conjunction + preposition *wə-ʾel* - and to
*Yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
as: preposition *bə* - in, as, with
*ʾĒl Šaddāy*: divine name/title - El Shaddai, God Almighty
and-my-name: conjunction + noun + 1st singular possessive suffix *û-šəmî* - and my name
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
not: negative particle *lōʾ* - not
*nōdaʿtî*: niphal perfect, 1st singular - I was known/made known
to-them: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix *lāhem* - to them

Word Meanings

*ʾērāʾ*: I appeared, I was seen, I revealed myself
*ʾĒl Šaddāy*: God Almighty, El Shaddai, God of the Mountain
*YHWH*: Yahweh, LORD, the divine name
*nōdaʿtî*: I was known, I made myself known, I was revealed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.
Ps 83:18 : 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Exod 3:14 : 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;
Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
Gen 13:18 : 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
Gen 28:3 : 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
Isa 42:8 : 8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
Isa 52:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed. 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore [they shall know] in that day that I am he that doth speak; behold, it is I.

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13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them?
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