Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Exodus 32:10 (KJV)
Now therefore let me alone – All these words are really just one word in the Hebrew text: yanach which means “to rest”. YHVH tells Moses to let him rest. “Leave me alone” is a decent translation, but without knowing the Hebrew, we’re missing a hidden implication in the word yanach. Continue reading “Moses is the New Noah”