Exodus 23:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִשָּׁ֧מֶר מִפָּנָ֛יו וּשְׁמַ֥ע בְּקֹל֖וֹ אַל־תַּמֵּ֣ר בּ֑וֹ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שְׁמִ֖י בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Hiššāmer from-pānāyw and-šĕmaʿ in-qōlô not-tammēr in-him for not yiśśāʾ to-pišʿăkem for šĕmî in-qirbô

Grammar Details

• *hiššāmer*: niphal imperative masculine singular - be careful/beware
• *pānāyw*: noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face/presence
• *šĕmaʿ*: qal imperative masculine singular - hear/listen/obey
• *qōlô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his voice
• *tammēr*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - rebel/be bitter
• *yiśśāʾ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - lift/bear/forgive
• *pišʿăkem*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your transgression
• *šĕmî*: noun masculine singular with 1st person common singular suffix - my name
• *qirbô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his midst

Word Meanings

• *hiššāmer*: be careful/beware/take heed/guard yourself
• *tammēr*: rebel/be bitter/provoke/disobey
• *yiśśāʾ*: lift/bear/forgive/pardon
• *pišʿăkem*: your transgression/rebellion/sin
• *qirbô*: his midst/within him/in him

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:40 : 40 How oft did they provoke{H8686)} him in the wilderness, and grieve{H8686)} him in the desert!
• Ps 78:56 : 56 Yet they tempted{H8762)} and provoked{H8686)} the most high God, and kept{H8804)} not his testimonies:
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• 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 10:30 : 30 I and my Father are one.
• John 10:38 : 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
• Col 2:9 : 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
• Exod 32:34 : 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
• Num 14:11 : 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
• Num 14:35 : 35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
• Deut 18:19 : 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
• Josh 24:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 72:19 : 19 And blessed{H8803)} be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled{H8735)} with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know{H8799)} that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Isa 42:8 : 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
• Isa 45:6 : 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Jer 5:7 : 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
• John 5:23 : 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
• Heb 3:10-11 : 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
• Heb 3:16 : 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
• Heb 10:26-29 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• John 14:9-9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
• Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
• Exod 6:3 : 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
• 1 John 5:16 : 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Rev 2:8 : 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;