Study it in the app“And 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.”
And he wasוַיְהִיthereשָׁםwith YHWHעִם יְהוָהfortyאַרְבָּעִיםdaysיוֹםand fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםnights;לַיְלָהbreadלֶחֶםhe did notלֹאeat,אָכַלand waterוּמַיִםhe did notלֹאdrink.שָׁתָהAnd he wroteוַיִּכְתֹּבon the tabletsעַל הַלֻּחֹתthe wordsאֵת דִּבְרֵיof the covenant,הַבְּרִיתthe tenעֲשֶׂרֶתwords.הַדְּבָרִים
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” 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” 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 “achal” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shata” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appearstablet
Tablet, a flat piece of stone, wood or metal to write on; also a board or plank.
Where else “luchot” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appearsCompare Matthew 4:2. According to verse 1 and Deuteronomy 10:1-4, the one who wrote on the tablets was YHWH.
27And YHWH said to Moses, “Write for yourself these words, for according to these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
28 · This verse (above)
29And it happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in the hand of Moses as he came down from the mountain, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had spoken with him.
