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Then I turnedוָאֵפֶןand came downוָאֵרֵדfromמִןthe mountainהָהָרand putוָאָשִׂםthe tabletsאֶת הַלֻּחֹתin the arkבָּאָרוֹןthatאֲשֶׁרI had made;עָשִׂיתִיand they areוַיִּהְיוּthere,שָׁםasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהcommanded me.צִוַּנִי
Deuteronomy 10:5
Study it in the app“Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made; and they are there, as YHWH commanded me.”
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Deuteronomy 10:5, word by word
- Then I turnedאֵפֶןefen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “efen” appears- and came downאֵרֵדered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “ered” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- and putאָשִׂםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- the tabletsלֻּחֹתluchot
tablet
Tablet, a flat piece of stone, wood or metal to write on; also a board or plank.
Where else “luchot” appears- in the arkאָרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- I had madeעָשִׂיתִיasiti
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appears- and they areיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- commanded meצִוַּtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6(The sons of Israel set out from the wells of Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son served as priest in his place.