Deuteronomy 5:22

“These words YHWH spoke to all your assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick cloud, with a loud voice, and he did not add more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.”

Deuteronomy 5:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 5:22, word by word

wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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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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spokeדִּבֶּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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your assemblyקְהַלְkehal

assembly

The people gathered before YHWH.

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on the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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from the midstתּוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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of the fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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the cloudעָנָןanan

cloud of presence

The cloud of YHWH's presence.

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and the thick cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel

thick darkness

Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.

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with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol

loud

Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.

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voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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add moreיָסָףyasaf

do again

To do again what had already been done.

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And he wrote themיִּכְתְּבֵyichtve

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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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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and gave themיִּתְּנֵyitne

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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The context

21Nor shall you covet your neighbor’s wife; nor shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male slave, or his female slave, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

22 · This verse (above)

23When you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,

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