Exodus
Exodus 6:2–3
2God also told Moses, “I am the LORD. 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty,a but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
Footnotes
- a 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Exodus 6:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God also | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| told | וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | way·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| I | אֲנִ֥י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Exodus 6:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I appeared | וָאֵרָ֗א | wā·’ê·rā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H7200 see |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Abraham | אַבְרָהָ֛ם | ’aḇ·rā·hām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H85 Abraham |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Isaac | יִצְחָ֥ק | yiṣ·ḥāq | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3327 Isaac |
| and to | וְאֶֽל־ | wə·’el- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Jacob | יַעֲקֹ֖ב | ya·‘ă·qōḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3290 Jacob |
| as God | בְּאֵ֣ל | bə·’êl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| Almighty | שַׁדָּ֑י | šad·dāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7706 Almighty |
| but | וּשְׁמִ֣י | ū·šə·mî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H8034 name |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| I did not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| make Myself known | נוֹדַ֖עְתִּי | nō·w·ḏa‘·tî | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| to them | לָהֶֽם׃ | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
Cross-references
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Exodus 6:2 Acts 17:24–25 · Jeremiah 9:24 · Isaiah 42:8 · Malachi 3:6
Exodus 6:3 Psalm 83:18 · Genesis 17:1 · Psalm 68:4 · Exodus 3:14 · Isaiah 44:6 · Genesis 35:11 · Genesis 48:3 · John 8:58 · Isaiah 52:5–6 · Isaiah 42:8 · Genesis 12:7–8 · Genesis 22:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.