And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהturnedיִּפֶןand went downוַיֵּרֶדfrom the mountain,מִן הָהָרwith the twoוּשְׁנֵיtabletsלֻחֹתof the testimonyהָעֵדֻתin his hand,בְּיָדוֹtabletsלֻחֹתwrittenכְּתֻבִיםon bothמִשְּׁנֵיtheir sides;עֶבְרֵיהֶםon one sideמִזֶּהand on the otherוּמִזֶּהtheyהֵםwere written.כְּתֻבִים
Exodus 32:15
Study it in the app“And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets written on both their sides; on one side and on the other they were written.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 32:15, word by word
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- turnedיִּפֶןyifen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifen” appears- and went downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- from the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- with 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 testimonyעֵדֻתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears- in his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- writtenכְּתֻבִיםketuvim
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “ketuvim” appears- their sidesעֶבְרֵיevre
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “evre” appears
The context
14And YHWH relented concerning the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the tablets were the work of Elohim, and the writing was the writing of Elohim, engraved on the tablets.