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Exodus 10:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.


Exodus 10:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 10:2115 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
עַלʿalAbove
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וִיהִיwîhîAnd exist
חֹשֶׁךְḥōšeḵəDarkness
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
וְיָמֵשׁwəyāmēšAnd feel of
חֹשֶׁךְḥōšeḵəDarkness
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
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וִיהִיwîhîAnd exist
חֹשֶׁךְḥōšeḵəDarkness
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
וְיָמֵשׁwəyāmēšAnd feel of
חֹשֶׁךְḥōšeḵəDarkness

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