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Exodus 34:4

“And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

פָּסַלpâçal · paw-sal'
H6458 · Hebrew
Definition
to carve, whether wood or stone
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
grave, hew.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּפְסֹ֡ל — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 34:1Deuteronomy 10:1Deuteronomy 10:31 Kings 5:32Habakkuk 2:18

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פָּסַל here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.