What Does Exodus 33:8 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“went out”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

“And it came to pass when Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

near, with or among; often in general, to

“at his tent”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

“rose up”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“that all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“and stood”

to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

“every man”

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)

“door”

an opening (literally), i.e., door (gate) or entrance way

“at his tent”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

“and looked”

to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“And it came to pass when Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until he was gone”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“at his tent”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)