AndוַYHWHיְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Cutפְּסָלfor yourselfלְךָtwoשְׁנֵיtabletsלֻחֹתof stoneאֲבָנִיםlike the first ones,כָּרִאשֹׁנִיםand I will writeוְכָתַבְתִּיon the tabletsעַל הַלֻּחֹתthe wordsאֶת הַדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwereהָיוּon the firstעַל הָרִאשֹׁנִיםtablets,הַלֻּחֹתwhichאֲשֶׁרyou broke.שִׁבַּרְתָּ
Exodus 34:1
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:1, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- “Cutפְּסָלpesal
carve, hew
Carve, hew stone or wood.
Where else “pesal” 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- like the first onesרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishonim” appears- and I will writeכָתַבְתִּיchatavti
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “chatavti” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- you brokeשִׁבַּרְתָּshibarta
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shibarta” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And be ready for the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to me there on the top of the mountain.