King James Version
Exodus 34:5 in the King James Version says “And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.”
Exodus 34:5 · KJV
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abundant in goodness and truth,
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“descended”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and stood”
H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with him there and proclaimed”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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