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Meeting in the Wilderness: Commands, Encounters, and Sequential Verbs in Exodus 4:27

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן לֵ֛ךְ לִקְרַ֥את מֹשֶׁ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּ֑רָה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ וַֽיִּפְגְּשֵׁ֛הוּ בְּהַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים וַיִּשַּׁק־לֹֽו׃ (Exodus 4:27) And YHWH said to Aharon, “Go to meet Moshe in the wilderness.” And he went and met him on the mountain of God and kissed him. Divine Command: וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר is a Qal wayyiqtol 3ms of א־מ־ר (“to say”), standard for narrative progression. יְהוָה is the divine speaker, and אֶל־אַהֲרֹן marks Aaron as the recipient. This phrase introduces a command directly from God to Aaron.… Learn Hebrew
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