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Ramban on Exodus 33:19/רמב"ן על שמות ל״ג:י״ט
אוְקָרָאתִי בְשֵׁם ה' לְפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁאֶקְרָא לְפָנֶיךָ הַשֵּׁם הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁלֹּא תּוּכַל לִרְאוֹתוֹ, וְחַנֹּתִי בּוֹ אֶת אֲשֶׁר אָחֹן וְרִחַמְתִּי בּוֹ אֶת אֲשֶׁר אֲרַחֵם, שֶׁתֵּדַע בַּקְּרִיאָה הַהִיא מִדַּת הַחֲנִינָה וּמִדַּת הָרַחֲמִים אֲשֶׁר יְחוֹנְנוּ וִירֻחֲמוּ בִּשְׁמִי וּבְטוּבִי, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר (במדבר יב ז) "בְּכָל בֵּיתִי נֶאֱמָן הוּא", כִּי טוּב הָאָדָם בְּבֵיתוֹ:
1AND I WILL PROCLAIM THE NAME OF THE ETERNAL BEFORE THEE. I will proclaim before you the Great Name, for you will not be able to see Him. AND I WILL BE GRACIOUS [through it] TO WHOM I WILL BE GRACIOUS, AND WILL SHOW MERCY [through it] TO WHOM I WILL SHOW MERCY. This means that by this proclamation you will know the attributes of graciousness and mercy, by which people are shown grace and mercy through My name and through My goodness. It is with reference to this [knowledge received by Moses] that G-d said of him, he is trusted in all My house,495 for a man’s goodness is in his house.