Exodus 4:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto Jehovah, ‘O, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.’

King James Bible
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Hebrew
“Please,
בִּ֣י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 994: Oh that!, with leave, if it please

Lord,”
אֲדֹנָי֒ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

Moses
מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

replied,
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I
אָנֹ֗כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

have never
לֹא֩ (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

been eloquent,
דְּבָרִ֜ים (də·ḇā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

neither
גַּ֤ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

in the past
מִתְּמוֹל֙ (mit·tə·mō·wl)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8543: Ago, a, time since, yesterday, day before yesterday

nor
גַּ֛ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

since
מֵאָ֥ז (mê·’āz)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

You have spoken
דַּבֶּרְךָ‪‬ (dab·ber·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Your servant,
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (‘aḇ·de·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

for
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I
אָנֹֽכִי׃ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am slow
כְבַד־ (ḵə·ḇaḏ-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3515: Heavy

of speech
פֶּ֛ה (peh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and
וּכְבַ֥ד (ū·ḵə·ḇaḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3515: Heavy

tongue.”
לָשׁ֖וֹן (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 3956: The tongue

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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