Commentary for Exodus 34:5

ויקרא בשם ה׳ AND HE CALLED BY NAME, O LORD — We render this in the Targum by, 'ויקרא בשמא דה and he (Moses) called on the name of the Lord.

AND HE STOOD WITH HIM THERE. That is, the Eternal stood — something like it is said, And the Eternal came, and stood⁵⁰³I Samuel 3:10. — with Moses, meaning, that Moses entered into the cloud as he had done at first.⁵⁰⁴Above, 24:18: And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud.

ויתיצב עמו שם. Moses stood there close to G’d, as he had been commanded in verse 2.

ויתיצב עמו, together with Moses who was positioned there, as is written (33,21) ונצבת על הצור, “you will position yourself near the rock.”

He called out in the Name of God ( וקרא בשמא דה' ). [Rashi is saying that] from Onkelos, it is evident that Moshe was the one who called. For if God was the One Who called, Onkelos would say וקרא בשמא ה' , [instead of דה' ], thus conveying: “And Hashem called out in the Name.” (Re”m)

V. 5. ויקרא בשם ד׳, siehe Kap. 33, 19. Es ist die begriffliche Bezeichnung des Vorgangs, der in folgendem detailliert wird.

'ויקרא בשם ה, ”He proclaimed the name of the Lord;” G–d announced that he would walk with the Israelites.

'ויקרא בשם ה, “He called to him, using His name the tetragram.” G-d informed Moses regarding which of His attributes would accompany him. A different interpretation: G-d called to him what is written subsequently, i.e. the list of 13 of His attributes relevant to prayers that were primarily appeals for forgiveness. Our author likes this explanation, citing the fact that the words 'ה and על פניו, have been separated by a p’sik, vertical line.

ויקרא, now the subject is G’d.

'ויקרא בשם ה, G’d called out as He was passing, as will be explained presently. This had been predicted already in verse 19 of the last chapter.

'בשם ה, By calling out G’d indicated that he was about to carry out some specifically Divine activities.