Exodus 34:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י בְּרֶ֤דֶת מֹשֶׁה֙ מֵהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וּשְׁנֵ֨י לֻחֹ֤ת הָֽעֵדֻת֙ בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּרִדְתּ֖וֹ מִן־הָהָ֑ר וּמֹשֶׁ֣ה לֹֽא־יָדַ֗ע כִּ֥י קָרַ֛ן ע֥וֹר פָּנָ֖יו בְּדַבְּר֥וֹ אִתּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-yəhî in-redet mōšeh from-har sînay and-two luḥōt hā-ʿēdut in-hand-mōšeh in-ridtô from-hā-hār and-mōšeh lōʾ-yādaʿ kî qāran ʿôr pānāyw in-dabbərô with-him

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass
• *redet*: Qal infinitive construct - coming down of
• *mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
• *har*: masculine singular construct - mountain of
• *sînay*: proper name - Sinai
• *luḥōt*: feminine plural construct - tablets of
• *hā-ʿēdut*: definite article + feminine singular - the testimony
• *ridtô*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his coming down
• *hā-hār*: definite article + masculine singular - the mountain
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yādaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he knew
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *qāran*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it shone/had horns
• *ʿôr*: masculine singular construct - skin of
• *pānāyw*: masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
• *dabbərô*: Piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his speaking

Word Meanings

• *yəhî*: it happened/it came to pass
• *redet*: coming down/descending
• *luḥōt*: tablets/plates
• *ʿēdut*: testimony/witness
• *yādaʿ*: knew/was aware/perceived
• *qāran*: shone/emitted rays/had horns
• *ʿôr*: skin/hide/leather
• *dabbərô*: his speaking/his talking

Referenced Verses

• Matt 17:2 : 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
• Exod 32:15 : 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
• 2 Cor 3:13 : 13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Rev 10:1 : 1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
• Exod 16:15 : 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
• Josh 2:4 : 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
• Josh 8:14 : 14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
• Judg 16:20 : 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
• Mark 9:6 : 6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
• Mark 14:40 : 40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again,(for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
• Luke 2:49 : 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
• Luke 9:29 : 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
• John 5:13 : 13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
• Acts 6:15 : 15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
• Acts 12:9 : 9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
• Acts 23:5 : 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
• 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.