Etymology

Ten Commandments

Today it means: A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים
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  1. Biblical Hebrew · calque ofעֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים“the ten items”
  2. English todayTen Commandments

Calque of Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים ('aséret had'varím, “the ten items”), from Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13 and Deuteronomy 10:4.

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