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Exodus 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.


Exodus 8:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 8:517 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
הִתְפָּאֵרhitəpāʾērGleam
עָלַיʿālayAbove
לְמָתַיləmātayTo extent
אַעְתִּירʾaʿətîrBurn incense
לְךָləḵāTo
וְלַעֲבָדֶיךָwəlaʿăvādeyḵāAnd to servant
וּלְעַמְּךָûləʿaməḵāAnd to people
לְהַכְרִיתləhaḵərîtTo cut
הַצֲפַרְדְּעִיםhaṣăp̄arədəʿîmThe marsh-leaper
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
וּמִבָּתֶּיךָûmibāteyḵāAnd from a house
רַקraqLeanness
בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel
תִּשָּׁאַרְנָהtišāʾarənāhSwell
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
הִתְפָּאֵרhitəpāʾērGleam
עָלַיʿālayAbove
לְמָתַיləmātayTo extent
אַעְתִּירʾaʿətîrBurn incense
לְךָləḵāTo
וְלַעֲבָדֶיךָwəlaʿăvādeyḵāAnd to servant
וּלְעַמְּךָûləʿaməḵāAnd to people
לְהַכְרִיתləhaḵərîtTo cut
הַצֲפַרְדְּעִיםhaṣăp̄arədəʿîmThe marsh-leaper
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
וּמִבָּתֶּיךָûmibāteyḵāAnd from a house
רַקraqLeanness
בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel
תִּשָּׁאַרְנָהtišāʾarənāhSwell

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