Numbers

Numbers 12:8

⁸I speak with him face to face,

clearly and not in riddles;

he sees the form of the LORD.

Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I speak	אֲדַבֶּר־	’ă·ḏab·ber-	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
with him	בּ֗וֹ	bōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
face	פֶּ֣ה	peh	Noun - masculine singular	H6310 mouth
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
face	פֶּ֞ה	peh	Noun - masculine singular	H6310 mouth
clearly	וּמַרְאֶה֙	ū·mar·’eh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H4758 sight, appearance, vision
and not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
in riddles	בְחִידֹ֔ת	ḇə·ḥî·ḏōṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H2420 riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question
he sees	יַבִּ֑יט	yab·bîṭ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5027 look
the form	וּתְמֻנַ֥ת	ū·ṯə·mu·naṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8544 likeness, form
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Why then	וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙	ū·mad·dū·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
were you unafraid	יְרֵאתֶ֔ם	yə·rê·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H3372 fear
to speak	לְדַבֵּ֖ר	lə·ḏab·bêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1696 speak
against My servant	בְּעַבְדִּ֥י	bə·‘aḇ·dî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5650 slave, servant
Moses	בְמֹשֶֽׁה׃	ḇə·mō·šeh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 34:10 · 1 Corinthians 13:12 · Luke 10:16 · Exodus 33:11 · Exodus 24:10–11 · Exodus 33:23 · 2 Corinthians 4:4–6 · John 15:15 · John 14:7–10 · 2 Peter 2:10 · 1 Thessalonians 4:8 · John 15:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.