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Exodus 34:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.


Exodus 34:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 34:421 words
וַיִּפְסֹלwayip̄əsōlAnd carve
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
כָּרִאשֹׁנִיםkāriʾšōnîmLike first
וַיַּשְׁכֵּםwayašəkēmAnd load up
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
בַבֹּקֶרvabōqerIn dawn
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
אֶלʾelNear
הַרharMountain
סִינַיsînaySinai
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּפְסֹלwayip̄əsōlAnd carve
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
כָּרִאשֹׁנִיםkāriʾšōnîmLike first
וַיַּשְׁכֵּםwayašəkēmAnd load up
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
בַבֹּקֶרvabōqerIn dawn
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
אֶלʾelNear
הַרharMountain
סִינַיsînaySinai
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone

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