Exodus 3:4
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
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ASV
And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
KJV
And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vai.Yar' | and he saw | H7200 → |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| סָ֣ר | sar | he had turned aside | H5493 → |
| לִרְא֑וֹת | lir.'ot | to look | H7200 → |
| וַיִּקְרָא֩ | vai.yik.Ra' | and he called | H7121 → |
| אֵלָ֨יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֜ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| מִתּ֣וֹךְ | mi.Tokh | from [the] middle of | H8432 → |
| הַסְּנֶ֗ה | ha.se.Neh | the bush | H5572 → |
| וַיֹּ֛אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֥ה | mo.Sheh | O Moses | H4872 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mo.Sheh | Moses | H4872 → |
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הִנֵּֽנִי׃ | hi.Ne.ni | here [am] I | H2009 → |
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