Deuteronomy 10:3

“So I made an ark of acacia wood and carved two tablets of stone like the first ones, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.”

Deuteronomy 10:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 10:3, word by word

So I madeאַעַשׂaas

make

To build or create something.

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an arkאֲרוֹןaron

ark

The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.

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of acaciaשִׁטִּיםshitim

acacia

Acacia: a desert tree with hard, lasting wood.

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woodעֲצֵיatse

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

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and carvedאֶפְסֹלefsol

carve, hew

Carve, hew stone or wood.

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twoשְׁנֵיshene

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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tabletsלֻחֹתluchot

tablet

Tablet, a flat piece of stone, wood or metal to write on; also a board or plank.

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of stoneאֲבָנִיםavanim

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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like the first onesרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim

first

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

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and went upאַעַלaal

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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the mountainהָרָhara

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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in my handיָדִyadi

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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The context

2And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”

3 · This verse (above)

4And he wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten words that YHWH had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and YHWH gave them to me.

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