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At the endוַיְהִי מִקֵּץof fortyאַרְבָּעִיםdaysיוֹםand fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםnightsלָיְלָהYHWHיְהוָהgaveנָתַןmeאֵלַיthe twoאֶת שְׁנֵיtabletsלֻחֹתof stone,הָאֲבָנִיםthe tabletsלֻחוֹתof the covenant.הַבְּרִית
Deuteronomy 9:11
Study it in the app“At the end of forty days and forty nights YHWH gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:11, word by word
- At the endיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- At the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- nightsלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” 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- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
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- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears
The context
10YHWH gave me the two tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim; and on them was written according to all the words that YHWH had spoken with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
11 · This verse (above)
12YHWH said to me, “Get up, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have turned aside quickly from the way that I commanded them; they have made for themselves a cast image.”