The Meaning of Deuteronomy 9:17 Explained

Deuteronomy 9:17

KJV: And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

YLT: 'And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,

Darby: And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

ASV: And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I took  the two  tables,  and cast  them out of  my two  hands,  and brake  them before your eyes. 

What does Deuteronomy 9:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 9:15-29 - Moses' Intercession For A Rebellious People
During the remainder of this chapter Moses continues to remind the people of their rebellions. It is well, when we are tempted to self-adulation, to listen to that faithful monitor, conscience, recording our evil past. We are apt to forget our many provocations of God, especially when the smart of the rod is over. But we have all had our Horebs, Taberahs, Marahs, Kibroth-hataavahs and Kadesh-barneas, 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Again and again would the people have been destroyed, if human justice had decided their case. But Moses, the mediator, knew the holy love of God's heart; and expressed it in his prayers on their behalf. See Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:20; Deuteronomy 9:25-29. We are reminded of Him who ever liveth to make intercession for us within the veil, Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:26-27; Hebrews 9:24. Let us imitate Moses in his life of intercessions; and mark well his arguments that we may use them for ourselves and others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 9

1  Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness
7  Moses reminds them of the golden calf

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 9:17 mean?

And I took two the tablets and threw them out of two my hands and broke them before your eyes
וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙ בִּשְׁנֵ֣י הַלֻּחֹ֔ת וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֣י יָדָ֑י וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖ם לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם

וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙  And  I  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.
בִּשְׁנֵ֣י  two 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, mdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
הַלֻּחֹ֔ת  the  tablets 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: לוּחַ  
Sense: board, slab, tablet, plank.
וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם  and  threw  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלַךְ  
Sense: to throw, cast, hurl, fling.
מֵעַ֖ל  out 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שְׁתֵּ֣י  of  two 
Parse: Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
יָדָ֑י  my  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖ם  and  broke  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם  before  your  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, second person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.

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