Study it in the app“Then I lay prostrate before YHWH, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; bread I did not eat, and water I did not drink, because of all your sin that you had sinned by doing what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, provoking him to anger.”
Then I lay prostrateוָאֶתְנַפַּלbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהas at the first,כָּרִאשֹׁנָהfortyאַרְבָּעִיםdaysיוֹםand fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםnights;לַיְלָהbreadלֶחֶםI did notלֹאeat,אָכַלְתִּיand waterוּמַיִםI did notלֹאdrink,שָׁתִיתִיbecause ofעַלallכָּלyour sinחַטַּאתְכֶםthatאֲשֶׁרyou had sinnedחֲטָאתֶםby doingלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהprovoking him to anger.לְהַכְעִיסוֹ
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “etnapal” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
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” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalti” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shatiti” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatatem” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsprovoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachis” appears17So I seized the two tablets and threw them from my two hands and broke them before your eyes.
18 · This verse (above)
19For I was afraid of the anger and the fury with which YHWH was angry with you, to destroy you. But YHWH listened to me that time also.
