Sign אוֹת

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Mar 16, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter thirty-one of Exodus with our word for today. אוֹת sign, signal, military ensign. It is used 79 times in the Old Testament, twice in our chapter. We looked at our word before when it was used in the sense of miracle in the context of God’s judgments against Egypt. Here is a good example. Deuteronomy 6:22 And the Lord showed אוֹתֹ֣ת signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. In our chapter today it is used in reference to the Sabbath in the sense of a signal that is a nonverbal action or gesture that…