Deuteronomy 10:10

“I stood on the mountain, as in the first days, forty days and forty nights; and YHWH listened to me that time also; YHWH was not willing to destroy you.”

Deuteronomy 10:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 10:10, word by word

stoodעָמַדְתִּיamadti

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

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on the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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as in the firstרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

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daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim

forty

Forty.

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nightsלָיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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and YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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listenedיִּשְׁמַעyishma

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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timeפַּעַםpaam

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

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willingאָבָהava

be willing, consent

Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.

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to destroy youהַשְׁחִיתֶhashchite

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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The context

9Therefore Levi has had no portion or inheritance with his brothers; YHWH, he is his inheritance, as YHWH your Elohim has spoken to him.

10 · This verse (above)

11YHWH said to me, “Get up, go on the journey before the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

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