Exodus 34:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So he was thereשָׁ֣ם
(sham)
8033: there, thithera prim. adverb
with the LORDיְהוָ֗ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים
(ar·ba·'im)
705: fortyfrom the same as arba
daysיֹום֙
(yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
and fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים
(ve·'ar·ba·'im)
705: fortyfrom the same as arba
nights;לַ֔יְלָה
(lay·lah,)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
he did not eatאָכַ֔ל
(a·chal,)
398: to eata prim. root
breadלֶ֚חֶם
(le·chem)
3899: bread, foodfrom lacham
or drinkשָׁתָ֑ה
(sha·tah;)
8354: to drinka prim. root
water.וּמַ֖יִם
(u·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
And he wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב
(vai·yich·tov)
3789: to writea prim. root
on the tabletsהַלֻּחֹ֗ת
(hal·lu·chot)
3871: a tablet, board or plank, a platefrom an unused word
the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣י
(div·rei)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
of the covenant,הַבְּרִ֔ית
(hab·be·rit,)
1285: a covenantfrom an unused word
the Tenעֲשֶׂ֖רֶת
(a·se·ret)
6235: tenfrom an unused word
Commandments.הַדְּבָרִֽים׃
(had·de·va·rim.)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar


















KJV Lexicon
And he was there with the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
forty
'arba`iym  (ar-baw-eem')
forty -- forty.
days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
and forty
'arba`iym  (ar-baw-eem')
forty -- forty.
nights
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
he did neither eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
bread
lechem  (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
nor drink
shathah  (shaw-thaw')
to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely.
water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
And he wrote
kathab  (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
upon the tables
luwach  (loo'-akh)
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal -- board, plate, table.
the words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of the covenant
briyth  (ber-eeth')
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
the ten
`eser  (eh'ser)
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) -- ten, (fif-, seven-)teen.
commandments
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

King James Bible
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Moses was there with the LORD 40 days and 40 nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.

International Standard Version
While Moses was there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights, he did not eat or drink. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.

NET Bible
So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Moses was there with the LORD 40 days and 40 nights without food or water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the promise, the ten commandments.

King James 2000 Bible
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
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