Exodus 7:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 7:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 7:2118 words
וְהַדָּגָהwəhadāgāhAnd the fish.
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel
מֵתָהmētāhDie
וַיִּבְאַשׁwayivəʾašAnd smell
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe
מַיִםmayimWaters
מִןminPart
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
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