Speech דָּבָר

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jul 10, 2025 · 3m

We are in Exodus chapter four with our word for today with both the noun and verb forms. דָּבָר word, speech, matter, affair, thing, something. The noun is used 1,342 times in the Old Testament and the verb is used 1,119 times. Our word is used in our passage today as one of the excuses Moses uses to try and talk God out of sending him to lead his people out of slavery.

Exodus 4:10-16 But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not אִ֨ישׁ דְּבָרִ֜ים eloquent, either in the past or since you have דַּבֶּרְךָ֖ spoken to your servant, but I am כְבַד־פֶּ֛ה slow of speech (slow of mouth) and of…