Lexicon
קָרַן
qa.ran
H7160
H:V Hebrew

to shine

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Hebrew
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qa.ran describes the skin of Moses’ face as visibly shining after he had spoken with God.

The clearly attested use describes a visible shining of the skin of Moses’ face: Exodus 34:29, Exodus 34:30, and Exodus 34:35 place the Qal perfect form in statements about what Israel saw. Psalm 69:32 has an active participial form, but the supplied APB translation does not isolate its contribution to the verse.

Senses in use

  1. Visible shining of Moses’ facial skin · dominant

    In Exodus 34:29 the Qal perfect occurs in the clause about the skin of Moses’ face after he had spoken with God; the APB renders that clause as “the skin of his face shone.” Exodus 34:30 and Exodus 34:35 again place the same form in reports that Aaron and the sons of Israel saw Moses’ face, with the APB rendering “the skin of his face shone.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: For the three Exodus clauses, the APB consistently uses “shone” for the skin of Moses’ face. In Psalm 69:32, the supplied translation does not make the active participial form identifiable in its English wording.

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