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"This Moses whom they disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"This this DPro-AMS H3778    
Moses Moses, a leader of Isr. N-AMS H3475 Μωϋσῆν mōusēn
Analysis:
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whom usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-AMS H3739 ὃν on
they disowned, to deny, say no V-AIM-3P H720 ἠρνήσαντο ērnēsanto
saying, to say H3004    
'WHO who? which? what? IPro-NMS H5101 τίς tis
MADE to set in order, appoint V-AIA-3S H2525 κατέστησεν katestēsen
YOU A RULER ruler, chief N-AMS H758 ἄρχοντα archonta
AND A JUDGE?' a judge N-AMS H1348 δικαστήν dikastēn
is the one whom this DPro-AMS H3778    
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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God God, a god N-NMS H2316 θεὸς theos
sent to send, send away V-RIA-3S H649 ἀπέσταλκεν apestalken
[to be] both and, even, also Conj H2532 καὶ kai
a ruler ruler, chief N-AMS H758 ἄρχοντα archonta
and a deliverer a redeemer, deliverer N-AMS H3086 λυτρωτὴν lutrōtēn
with the help the hand N-DFS H5495 χειρὶ cheiri
of the angel a messenger, angel N-GMS H32 ἀγγέλου angelou
who appeared to see, perceive, attend to V-APP-GMS H3708    
to him in the thorn bush. a bramble bush N-DFS H942 βάτῳ batō

People

Moses

Moses, a leader of Israel who led the Israelites out of Egypt.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "This Moses whom they disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.
King James Bible "This This Moses whom they disowned, refused, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the one whom same did God sent send to be both a ruler and a deliverer with by the help hand of the angel who which appeared to him in the thorn bush.
Berean Bible "This This Moses whom they disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one rejected, having said, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge?’—him whom God sent to be both a and as ruler and a deliverer with redeemer by the help hand of the angel who having appeared to him in the thorn bush.bush—
Hebrew Greek English "This Moses whom they disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.