Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo 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. Young's Literal Translation And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant—the ten matters. 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. Hebrew So Moses wasוַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be there שָׁ֣ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel forty אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 705: Forty days יוֹם֙ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day and forty וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (wə·’ar·bā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's 705: Forty nights לַ֔יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity without לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no eating אָכַ֔ל (’ā·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat bread לֶ֚חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain or drinking שָׁתָ֑ה (šā·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8354: To imbibe water. וּמַ֖יִם (ū·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen [He wrote] on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the tablets הַלֻּחֹ֗ת (hal·lu·ḥōṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal the words הַדְּבָרִֽים׃ (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the covenant— הַבְּרִ֔ית (hab·bə·rîṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant the Ten עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת (‘ă·śe·reṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 6235: Ten Commandments. דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause |