Exodus 10:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:”

Exodus 10:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 10:2214 words

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

יָדוֹyādwōHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

חֹשֶׁךְḥōšeḵəDarkness

אֲפֵלָהʾăp̄ēlāhDuskiness

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדוֹyādwōHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

חֹשֶׁךְḥōšeḵəDarkness

אֲפֵלָהʾăp̄ēlāhDuskiness

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

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