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Exodus 10:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.


Exodus 10:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 10:1224 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
בָּאַרְבֶּהbāʾarəbehIn locust
וְיַעַלwəyaʿalAnd ascend
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
וְיֹאכַלwəyōʾḵalAnd eat
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
עֵשֶׂבʿēśevGrass
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֵתʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִשְׁאִירhišəʾîrSwell
הַבָּרָדhabārādThe hail
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
בָּאַרְבֶּהbāʾarəbehIn locust
וְיַעַלwəyaʿalAnd ascend
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
וְיֹאכַלwəyōʾḵalAnd eat
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
עֵשֶׂבʿēśevGrass
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִשְׁאִירhišəʾîrSwell
הַבָּרָדhabārādThe hail

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