Deuteronomy 9:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.”

Deuteronomy 9:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:179 words

וָאֶתְפֹּשׂwāʾetəpōśAnd manipulate

בִּשְׁנֵיbišənêIn two

הַלֻּחֹתhaluḥōtThe glisten

וָאַשְׁלִכֵםwāʾašəliḵēmAnd throw

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

יָדָיyādāyHand

וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵםwāʾăšabərēmAnd burst

לְעֵינֵיכֶםləʿênêḵemTo eye

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֶתְפֹּשׂwāʾetəpōśAnd manipulate

בִּשְׁנֵיbišənêIn two

הַלֻּחֹתhaluḥōtThe glisten

וָאַשְׁלִכֵםwāʾašəliḵēmAnd throw

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

יָדָיyādāyHand

וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵםwāʾăšabərēmAnd burst

לְעֵינֵיכֶםləʿênêḵemTo eye

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