Deuteronomy 4:13
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָפַר
çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
לוּחַ
lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַר çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Study H5608 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →לוּחַ lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
Study H3871 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →Cross References
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.
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glo...
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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