Exodus 3:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith, ‘Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?’

King James Bible
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

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

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

“I must go over
אָסֻֽרָה־ (’ā·su·rāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

and see
וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה (wə·’er·’eh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

this
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

marvelous
הַגָּדֹ֖ל (hag·gā·ḏōl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

sight.
הַמַּרְאֶ֥ה (ham·mar·’eh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

Why is
מַדּ֖וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

the bush
הַסְּנֶֽה׃ (has·sə·neh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5572: Perhaps blackberry bush

not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

burning up?”
יִבְעַ֥ר (yiḇ·‘ar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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