Exodus

Exodus 4:1

¹Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Moses	מֹשֶׁה֙	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
answered	וַיַּ֤עַן	way·ya·‘an	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
What if	וְהֵן֙	wə·hên	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2005 lo! behold
they do not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
believe	יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ	ya·’ă·mî·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H539 confirm, support
me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
or	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen	יִשְׁמְע֖וּ	yiš·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8085 hear
to my voice	בְּקֹלִ֑י	bə·qō·lî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6963 sound, voice
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they may say	יֹֽאמְר֔וּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
The LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
appeared	נִרְאָ֥ה	nir·’āh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
to you	אֵלֶ֖יךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.