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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
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
שָׁםšāmThere
עִםʿimWith
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לַיְלָהlayəlāhTwist
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
לֹאlōʾNot
אָכַלʾāḵalEat
וּמַיִםûmayimAnd waters
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁתָהšātāhImbibe
וַיִּכְתֹּבwayiḵətōvAnd grave
עַלʿalAbove
הַלֻּחֹתhaluḥōtThe glisten
אֵתʾēt
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
עֲשֶׂרֶתʿăśeretTen
הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
שָׁםšāmThere
עִםʿimWith
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לַיְלָהlayəlāhTwist
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
לֹאlōʾNot
אָכַלʾāḵalEat
וּמַיִםûmayimAnd waters
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁתָהšātāhImbibe
וַיִּכְתֹּבwayiḵətōvAnd grave
עַלʿalAbove
הַלֻּחֹתhaluḥōtThe glisten
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
עֲשֶׂרֶתʿăśeretTen
הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

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