Theseהָאֵלֶּהwordsאֶת הַדְּבָרִיםYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרtoאֶלallכָּלyour assemblyקְהַלְכֶםon the mountainבָּהָרfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the fire,הָאֵשׁthe cloud,הֶעָנָןand the thick cloud,וְהָעֲרָפֶלwith a loudגָּדוֹלvoice,קוֹלand he did notוְלֹאadd more.יָסָףAnd he wrote themוַיִּכְתְּבֵםonעַלtwoשְׁנֵיtabletsלֻחֹתof stoneאֲבָנִיםand gave themוַיִּתְּנֵםto me.אֵלָי
Deuteronomy 5:22
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:22, word by word
- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- your assemblyקְהַלְkehal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehal” appears- on the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- and the thick cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel
thick darkness
Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.
Where else “arafel” appears- with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol
loud
Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.
Where else “gadol” appears- voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- add moreיָסָףyasaf
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasaf” appears- And he wrote themיִּכְתְּבֵyichtve
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtve” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- tabletsלֻחֹתluchot
tablet
Tablet, a flat piece of stone, wood or metal to write on; also a board or plank.
Where else “luchot” appears- of stoneאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- and gave themיִּתְּנֵyitne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitne” appears
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,