SEV Biblia, Chapter 34:6
Y pasando el SEÑOR por delante de él, proclamó: Yo soy el SEÑOR, YO SOY fuerte, misericordioso, y piadoso; tardo para la ira, y grande en misericordia y verdad;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 34:6
Verse 6. And the Lord passed by-and proclaimed, The Lord, &c.] It would be much better to read this verse thus: "And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed JEHOVAH," that is, showed Moses fully what was implied in this august name. Moses had requested God to show him his glory, (see the preceding chapter, chap. xxxiii. 18,) and God promised to proclaim or fully declare the name JEHOVAH, (chap. xxxiii. 19;) by which proclamation or interpretation Moses should see how God would "be gracious to whom he would be gracious," and how he would "be merciful to those to whom he would show mercy. Here therefore God fulfils that promise by proclaiming this name. It has long been a question, what is the meaning of the word hwhy JEHOVAH, Yehovah, Yehue, Yehveh, or Yeve, Jeue, Jao, Iao, Jhueh, and Jove; for it has been as variously pronounced as it has been differently interpreted. Some have maintained that it is utterly inexplicable; these of course have offered no mode of interpretation. Others say that it implies the essence of the Divine nature. Others, that it expresses the doctrine of the Trinity connected with the incarnation; the letter y yod standing for the Father, h he for the Son, and w vau (the connecting particle) for the Holy Spirit: and they add that the h he being repeated in the word, signifies the human nature united to the Divine in the incarnation. These speculations are calculated to give very little satisfaction. How strange is it that none of these learned men have discovered that God himself interprets this name in ver. 6,! "And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed hwhy YEHOVAH the LORD GOD, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty." These words contain the proper interpretation of the venerable and glorious name JEHOVAH. But it will be necessary to consider them in detail.
The different names in this and the following verse have been considered as so many attributes of the Divine nature. Commentators divide them into eleven, thus:-1. hwhy JEHOVAH. 2. la EL, the strong or mighty God. 3.
µwjr RACHUM, the merciful Being, who is full of tenderness and compassion. 4. wnj CHANNUN, the gracious One; he whose nature is goodness itself; the loving God. 5. µypa ûra ERECH APPAYIM, long-suffering; the Being who, because of his goodness and tenderness, is not easily irritated, but suffers long and is kind. 6. br RAB, the great or mighty One. 7. dsj CHESED, the bountiful Being; he who is exuberant in his beneficence. 8. tma EMETH, the truth or true One; he alone who can neither deceive nor be deceived, who is the fountain of truth, and from whom all wisdom and knowledge must be derived. 9. dsj rxn NOTSER CHESED, the preserver of bountifulness; he whose beneficence never ends, keeping mercy for thousands of generations, showing compassion and mercy while the world endures. 10. hafjw [pw w[ an NOSE avon vaphesha vechattaah, he who bears away iniquity and transgression and sin: properly, the REDEEMER, the Pardoner, the Forgiver; the Being whose prerogative alone it is to forgive sin and save the soul. hqny ( wl ) al hqn NAKKEH lo yenakkeh, the righteous Judge, who distributes justice with an impartial hand, with whom no innocent person can ever be condemned.
And, 11. w[ dqp POKED avon, &c.; he who visits iniquity, who punishes transgressors, and from whose justice no sinner can escape. The God of retributive and vindictive justice.
These eleven attributes, as they have been termed, are all included in the name JEHOVAH, and are, as we have before seen, the proper interpretation of it; but the meaning of several of these words has been variously understood.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-9 - The Lord descended by some open token of his presence and manifestatio of his glory in a cloud, and thence proclaimed his NAME; that is, the perfections and character which are denoted by the name JEHOVAH. The Lord God is merciful; ready to forgive the sinner, and to relieve the needy. Gracious; kind, and ready to bestow undeserved benefits Long-suffering; slow to anger, giving time for repentance, onl punishing when it is needful. He is abundant in goodness and truth even sinners receive the riches of his bounty abundantly, though the abuse them. All he reveals is infallible truth, all he promises is in faithfulness. Keeping mercy for thousands; he continually shows merc to sinners, and has treasures, which cannot be exhausted, to the end of time. Forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin; his mercy an goodness reach to the full and free forgiveness of sin. And will by n means clear the guilty; the holiness and justice of God are part of his goodness and love towards all his creatures. In Christ's sufferings the Divine holiness and justice are fully shown, and the evil of sin is made known. God's forgiving mercy is always attended by his converting sanctifying grace. None are pardoned but those who repent and forsak the allowed practice of every sin; nor shall any escape, who abuse neglect, or despise this great salvation. Moses bowed down, an worshipped reverently. Every perfection in the name of God, the believer may plead with Him for the forgiveness of his sins, the makin holy of his heart, and the enlargement of the Redeemer's kingdom.
Original Hebrew
ויעבר 5674 יהוה 3068 על 5921 פניו 6440 ויקרא 7121 יהוה 3068 יהוה 3068 אל 410 רחום 7349 וחנון 2587 ארך 750 אפים 639 ורב 7227 חסד 2617 ואמת׃ 571
