Exodus

Exodus 34:28–29

²⁸So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant — the Ten Commandments.^g

²⁹And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

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Exodus 34:28

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Moses was	וַֽיְהִי־	way·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
there	שָׁ֣ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
the LORD	יְהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	’ar·bā·‘îm	Number - common plural	H705 forty
days	יוֹם֙	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
and forty	וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים	wə·’ar·bā·‘îm	Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural	H705 forty
nights	לַ֔יְלָה	lay·lāh	Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
without	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
eating	אָכַ֔ל	’ā·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
bread	לֶ֚חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
or drinking	שָׁתָ֑ה	šā·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8354 drink
water	וּמַ֖יִם	ū·ma·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the tablets	הַלֻּחֹ֗ת	hal·lu·ḥōṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3871 tablet, board or plank, plate
the words	הַדְּבָרִֽים׃	had·də·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
of the covenant	הַבְּרִ֔ית	hab·bə·rîṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
the Ten	עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת	‘ă·śe·reṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H6235 ten
Commandments	דִּבְרֵ֣י	diḇ·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word

Exodus 34:29

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וַיְהִ֗י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
when Moses	מֹשֶׁה֙	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
came down	בְּרֶ֤דֶת	bə·re·ḏeṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3381 come or go down, descend
from Mount	מֵהַ֣ר	mê·har	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
Sinai	סִינַ֔י	sî·nay	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5514 Sinai
with the two	וּשְׁנֵ֨י	ū·šə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
tablets	לֻחֹ֤ת	lu·ḥōṯ	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3871 tablet, board or plank, plate
of the Testimony	הָֽעֵדֻת֙	hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5715 testimony
in his	מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
hands	בְּיַד־	bə·yaḏ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
he	וּמֹשֶׁ֣ה	ū·mō·šeh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
was unaware	יָדַ֗ע	yā·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
his face	פָּנָ֖יו	pā·nāw	Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
had become radiant	קָרַ֛ן	qā·ran	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7160 send out rays
from speaking	בְּדַבְּר֥וֹ	bə·ḏab·bə·rōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
with	אִתּֽוֹ׃	’it·tōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H854 with

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Exodus 34:28 Exodus 34:1 · Deuteronomy 9:25 · Exodus 24:18 · Deuteronomy 9:18 · Deuteronomy 4:13 · Exodus 31:18 · Exodus 32:16 · 2 Corinthians 3:7

Exodus 34:29 Matthew 17:2 · Luke 9:29 · Exodus 32:15 · Revelation 1:16 · 2 Corinthians 3:7–9 · 2 Corinthians 3:13 · Revelation 10:1 · Acts 6:15 · John 5:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.