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Exodus 34:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.


Exodus 34:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 34:2822 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יְהִיwayəhiy
and he wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שָׁ֣םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםʾarəbāʿiym
fortyadjH705
יוֹם֙ywōm
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֣יםwəʾarəbāʿiym
and fortyconjH705
לַ֔יְלָהlayəlāh
nightsnounH3915
לֶ֚חֶםleḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָכַ֔לʾākal
he ateverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וּ/מַ֖יִםwmayim
and waterconjH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁתָ֑הšātāh
he drankverbH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֣בwayikətōb
and he wroteconjH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/לֻּחֹ֗תhaluḥōt
the tabletsparticleH3871
plate · table
אֵ֚תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דִּבְרֵ֣יdibərēy
the words ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/בְּרִ֔יתhabəriyt
the covenantparticleH1285
feder · covenant · league
עֲשֶׂ֖רֶתʿăśeret
the tenadjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
הַ/דְּבָרִֽיםhadəbāriym
the wordsparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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