Exodus 35:30
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רְאוּ קָרָא יְהוָה בְּשֵׁם בְּצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי בֶן־חוּר לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָֽה׃
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רְא֛וּ קָרָ֥א יְהוָ֖ה בְּשֵׁ֑ם בְּצַלְאֵ֛ל בֶּן־אוּרִ֥י בֶן־ח֖וּר לְמַטֵּ֥ה יְהוּדָֽה׃
Καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ ἰδοὺ ἀνακέκληκεν ὁ θεὸς ἐξ ὀνόματος τὸν Βεσελεὴλ τὸν τοῦ οὐρείου τὸν Ὤρ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα,
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
Dixitque Moyses ad filios Israël: Ecce, vocavit Dominus ex nomine Beseleel filium Uri, filii Hur de tribu Juda,
Moisés les dijo a los israelitas: “Fíjense bien, Yehová ha escogido personalmente a Bezalel, hijo de Uri y nieto de Hur, de la tribu de Judá.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Y dijo Moisés á los hijos de Israel: Mirad, Jehová ha nombrado á Bezaleel, hijo de Uri, hijo de Hur, de la tribu de Judá;
Then Moses said to the Israelites, “ See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
✦ What the text says
Summary
Moses addresses the Israelites, instructing them to take note that Yehovah has designated Bezalel — identified through his father Uri and grandfather Hur, from the tribe of Judah — by calling him by name.
Key words
re'u ("see", H7200) — qal imperative masculine plural; a direct command to the assembled group to pay attention, opening Moses' announcement.
qara' ("he has called", H7121) — qal perfect third person masculine singular; the completed action of Yehovah's calling, presented as an already-accomplished fact.
be-shem ("by name", H8034 with preposition H9003) — the preposition be attached to shem ("name") indicates the means or manner of the calling — specifically "by name," i.e., naming an individual rather than a group.
ben ("son of", H1121A) — masculine singular construct, used twice in the verse (Bezalel ben Uri, Uri ben Hur) to build a genealogical chain linking three generations.
le-matteh ("of the tribe of", H4294 with preposition H9005) — construct form with prefixed preposition le, marking tribal affiliation as belonging to Judah.
What the text says
The verse opens with the narrative va-yomer ("and he said", H0559) chained by the narrative vav, situating this speech within the ongoing account. Moses' address is directed el ("to", H0413) the bene Yisra'el ("sons/people of Israel", H1121/H3478), a construct phrase naming the collective addressee.
The imperative re'u ("see", H7200) shifts from narration to direct command, calling the audience's attention before the content of the announcement follows. The core clause, qara' Yehovah be-shem ("Yehovah has called by name", H7121/H3068/H8034), uses a qal perfect to present the calling as a completed, settled fact rather than an ongoing or future process. The phrase be-shem specifies that this calling is personal and specific — naming one man rather than issuing a general summons.
The identification of the man proceeds through a chain of construct relationships: Betzal'el ben 'Uri ven Chur ("Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur", H1212/H1121/H0221/H1121/H2354) stacks two generations of paternal lineage using the construct noun ben twice in succession. This is followed by tribal affiliation, le-matteh Yehudah ("of the tribe of Judah", H4294/H9005/H3063), which uses the preposition le to indicate belonging to that tribe.
Differences between versions
The LXX renders the divine name as ho theos ("God") where the Hebrew has Yehovah (H3068). The LXX also inserts idou ("behold") corresponding to the Hebrew imperative re'u ("see", H7200), functioning as an interjection rather than a plural command form. The Vulgate's Ecce similarly renders this as an exclamation rather than preserving the plural imperative sense present in the Hebrew re'u.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.