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Exodus 34:1

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
Môsheh
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
פְּסָל
pâçal
to carve, whether wood or stone
לְךָ֛
le-
to/for you/your (m.s.)
שְׁנֵֽי
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
לֻחֹ֥ת
lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
אֲבָנִ֖ים
ʼeben
a stone
כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים
riʼshôwn
like/as — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
וְכָתַבְתִּי֙
kâthab
and — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
הַלֻּחֹ֔ת
lûwach
the — probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים
dâbâr
the — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
הָי֛וּ
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
הַלֻּחֹ֥ת
lûwach
the — probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים
riʼshôwn
the — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Exodus 34:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed [when you learned of Israel’s idolatry].
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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed [when you learned of Israel’s idolatry].
Exodus 34:1
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