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Deuteronomy 9:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.


Deuteronomy 9:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:1115 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִקֵּץmiqēṣFrom extremity
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לָיְלָהlāyəlāhTwist
נָתַןnātanGive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
אֶתʾet
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten
הָאֲבָנִיםhāʾăvānîmThe stone
לֻחוֹתluḥwōtGlisten
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִקֵּץmiqēṣFrom extremity
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לָיְלָהlāyəlāhTwist
נָתַןnātanGive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten
הָאֲבָנִיםhāʾăvānîmThe stone
לֻחוֹתluḥwōtGlisten
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact

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