Exodus 34:9
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
חֵן
Grace, favour. Chen. Finding favour in someone's eyes. Unmerited goodwill. Noah found chen with God, not because of his perfection but because of God's sovereign grace.
נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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מָצָא
I have found
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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עַם
is a people
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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עֹרֶף
neck
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עֹרֶף
the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
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הָלַךְ
let him go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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קָשֶׁה
stiff of
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קָשֶׁה
severe (in various applications)
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