Exodus 33:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה רְ֠אֵה אַתָּ֞ה אֹמֵ֤ר אֵלַי֙ הַ֚עַל אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֔נִי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַ֖ח עִמִּ֑י וְאַתָּ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ יְדַעְתִּ֣יךָֽ בְשֵׁ֔ם וְגַם־מָצָ֥אתָ חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָֽי׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer Mōšeh unto-YHWH, rəʾēh you ʾōmēr unto-me, haʿal ʾet-the-ʿām the-zeh, and-you not hôdaʿtanî ʾēt which-tišlaḥ with-me. And-you ʾāmartā yədaʿtîkā bə-šēm and-also-māṣāʾtā ḥēn in-ʿênāy.

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*rəʾēh*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - see
*ʾōmēr*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - saying
*haʿal*: imperative + verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - bring up
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*hôdaʿtanî*: verb, Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - you have made known to me
*tišlaḥ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will send
*ʾāmartā*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have said
*yədaʿtîkā*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - I have known you
*bə-šēm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - by name
*māṣāʾtā*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have found
*ḥēn*: noun, masculine singular - favor
*ʿênāy*: noun, feminine dual + 1st singular suffix - my eyes

Word Meanings

*rəʾēh*: see/look/behold
*ʾōmēr*: saying/speaking/telling
*haʿal*: bring up/lead up/take up
*hôdaʿtanî*: you have made known to me/you have informed me/you have told me
*tišlaḥ*: you will send/you would send
*yədaʿtîkā*: I have known you/I know you/I recognize you
*bə-šēm*: by name/personally
*māṣāʾtā ḥēn*: you have found favor/you have found grace/you have approval
*ʿênāy*: my eyes/my sight

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Referenced Verses

Exod 33:17 : 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
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.
John 10:14-15 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Exod 33:1 : 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Exod 3:10 : 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Isa 43:1 : 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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18And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
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