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So I turnedוָאֵפֶןand came downוָאֵרֵדfromמִןthe mountain,הָהָרwhile the mountainוְהָהָרwas burningבֹּעֵרwith fire,בָּאֵשׁand the twoוּשְׁנֵיtabletsלֻחֹתof the covenantהַבְּרִיתwere inעַלmy twoשְׁתֵּיhands.יָדָי
Deuteronomy 9:15
Study it in the app“So I turned and came down from the mountain, while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:15, word by word
- So 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- was burningבֹּעֵרboer
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “boer” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and 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 the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- handsיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears
The context
14Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens; and I will make you into a nation mightier and more numerous than they.”
15 · This verse (above)
16I looked, and look, you had sinned against YHWH your Elohim; you had made for yourselves a cast calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way that YHWH had commanded you.