Numbers 12:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Young's Literal Translation
mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and [by] an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant—against Moses?’

King James Bible
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Hebrew
I speak
אֲדַבֶּר־ (’ă·ḏab·ber-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with him
בּ֗וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

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

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

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

clearly
וּמַרְאֶה֙ (ū·mar·’eh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

and not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

in riddles;
בְחִידֹ֔ת (ḇə·ḥî·ḏōṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question

he sees
יַבִּ֑יט (yab·bîṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard

the form
וּתְמֻנַ֥ת (ū·ṯə·mu·naṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation

of the LORD.
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Why then
וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (ū·mad·dū·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

were you unafraid
יְרֵאתֶ֔ם (yə·rê·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

to speak
לְדַבֵּ֖ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

against My servant
בְּעַבְדִּ֥י (bə·‘aḇ·dî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

Moses?”
בְמֹשֶֽׁה׃ (ḇə·mō·šeh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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