Exodus 32:16
Strong's Lexicon
The tablets
וְהַ֨לֻּחֹ֔ת (wə·hal·lu·ḥōṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3871: 1) board, slab, tablet, plank 1a) tablets (of stone) 1b) boards (of wood) 1c) plate (of metal)

were the work
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (ma·‘ă·śêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4639: 1) deed, work 1a) deed, thing done, act 1b) work, labour 1c) business, pursuit 1d) undertaking, enterprise 1e) achievement 1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) 1g) work, thing made 1h) work (of God) 1i) product

of God,
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

הֵ֑מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

and the writing
וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב (wə·ham·miḵ·tāḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4385: 1) writing, thing written 1a) handwriting 1b) thing written 1c) writing

[was] the writing
מִכְתַּ֤ב (miḵ·taḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4385: 1) writing, thing written 1a) handwriting 1b) thing written 1c) writing

of God,
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

ה֔וּא ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

engraved
חָר֖וּת (ḥā·rūṯ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2801: 1) (Qal) to engrave, graven

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) 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 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

the tablets.
הַלֻּחֹֽת׃ (hal·lu·ḥōṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3871: 1) board, slab, tablet, plank 1a) tablets (of stone) 1b) boards (of wood) 1c) plate (of metal)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

Young's Literal Translation
and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.

New American Standard Bible
The tablets were God's work, and the writing was God's writing engraved on the tablets.

King James Bible
And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

New Living Translation
These tablets were God's work; the words on them were written by God himself.

English Standard Version
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

New American Standard Bible
The tablets were God's work, and the writing was God's writing engraved on the tablets.

King James Bible
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God's writing, engraved on the tablets.

International Standard Version
The tablets were the work of God and the writing was God's writing, inscribed on the tablets.

NET Bible
Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

American Standard Version
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

English Revised Version
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Young's Literal Translation
and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.
















Cross References
Exodus 31:18
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.

Exodus 32:15
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Exodus 32:17
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Exodus 34:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 32:14
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Exodus 32:18
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

Exodus 32:19
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
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