EXODUS 33:4

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.”

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Exodus 33:4 Translation & Meaning

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And when the people הָעָ֗ם A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
heard וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) heard
these הַזֶּ֖ה The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that these
evil הָרָ֛ע Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) evil
tidings, הַדָּבָ֥ר A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause tidings
they mourned: וַיִּתְאַבָּ֑לוּ To bewail mourned
and no וְלֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles no
man אִ֥ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) man
did put שָׁ֛תוּ To place (in a very wide application) did put
on עָלָֽיו׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications on
him his ornaments. עֶדְי֖וֹ Finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall ornaments

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  • 2  And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

  • 3  Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

  • 4  And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

  • 5  For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

  • 6  And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.




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