Exodus 34:27

“And YHWH said to Moses, “Write for yourself these words, for according to these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.””

Exodus 34:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 34:27, 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.

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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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“Writeכְּתָבketav

write

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

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wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

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

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according toפִּיpi

according to

Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.

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I have madeכָּרַתִּיkarati

make a covenant

Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.

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a covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

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and with Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

26The best of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of YHWH your Elohim. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”

27 · This verse (above)

28And he was there with YHWH forty days and forty nights; bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words.

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