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Exodus 7:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.


Exodus 7:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 7:1020 words
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
וַיַּעַשׂוּwayaʿaśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְwayašəlēḵəAnd throw
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֶתʾet
מַטֵּהוּmaṭēhûBranch
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
וְלִפְנֵיwəlip̄ənêAnd to face
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְתַנִּיןlətanînTo monster
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
וַיַּעַשׂוּwayaʿaśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְwayašəlēḵəAnd throw
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מַטֵּהוּmaṭēhûBranch
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
וְלִפְנֵיwəlip̄ənêAnd to face
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְתַנִּיןlətanînTo monster

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