Exodus 34:1

“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.”

Exodus 34:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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).

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“Cutפְּסָלpesal

carve, hew

Carve, hew stone or wood.

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twoשְׁנֵיshene

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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tabletsלֻחֹתluchot

tablet

Tablet, a flat piece of stone, wood or metal to write on; also a board or plank.

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of stoneאֲבָנִיםavanim

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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like the first onesרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

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and I will writeכָתַבְתִּיchatavti

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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wereהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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you brokeשִׁבַּרְתָּshibarta

break

To break something to pieces.

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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.

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