Exodus 4:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֔יו וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים בְּפִ֑יו וְאָנֹכִ֗י אֶֽהְיֶ֤ה עִם־פִּ֙יךָ֙ וְעִם־פִּ֔יהוּ וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃

Transliteration

And-dibbartā to-him and-śamtā ʾet-the-dĕbārîm in-pîw and-ʾānōkî ʾehyeh with-pîkā and-with-pîhû and-hôrêtî ʾetkēm ʾēt which taʿăśûn.

Grammar Details

• *dibbartā*: piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular with waw conversive - you shall speak
• *śamtā*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with waw conversive - you shall put
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *dĕbārîm*: noun, masculine plural - words
• *pîw*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth
• *ʾānōkî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ʾehyeh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be
• *pîkā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mouth
• *pîhû*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth
• *hôrêtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with waw conversive - I will teach
• *ʾetkēm*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *taʿăśûn*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with paragogic nun - you will do

Word Meanings

• *śamtā*: put/place/establish
• *ʾehyeh*: I will be/I will exist
• *hôrêtî*: teach/instruct/direct

Referenced Verses

• Isa 51:16 : 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou [art] my people.
• Num 23:5 : 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
• Num 23:12 : 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
• Num 23:16 : 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
• Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
• 2 Sam 14:3 : 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
• Exod 7:1-2 : 1 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
• Num 22:38 : 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
• Isa 59:21 : 21 As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
• Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 ‹For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.›
• 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 ¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:
• 1 Cor 15:1 : 1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
• Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 ‹Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,› [even] ‹unto the end of the world.› Amen.
• Deut 5:31 : 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do [them] in the land which I give them to possess it.