Exodus 34:9
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נַחֲלָה
nachălâh
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →נַחֲלָה nachălâh
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Study H5159 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →Cross References
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
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