Saw / Beheld רָאָה / חָזָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jan 28, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter twenty-four of Exodus with our word for today which is actually two words both translated similarly. Our first word is רָאָה see, understand, spy, reveal, look at examine. It is used 1,307 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of to perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight. This is the basic word to see. In our chapter it is used to see God himself. Exodus 24:9-10 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, וַיִּרְא֕וּ and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of…