Exodus 9:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 9:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 9:2319 words

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

מַטֵּהוּmaṭēhûBranch

עַלʿalAbove

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD

נָתַןnātanGive

קֹלֹתqōlōtVoice

וּבָרָדûvārādAnd hail

וַתִּהֲלַךְwatihălaḵəAnd walk

אֵשׁʾēšFire

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

וַיַּמְטֵרwayaməṭērAnd rain

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בָּרָדbārādHail

עַלʿalAbove

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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)

מַטֵּהוּmaṭēhûBranch

עַלʿalAbove

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD

נָתַןnātanGive

קֹלֹתqōlōtVoice

וּבָרָדûvārādAnd hail

וַתִּהֲלַךְwatihălaḵəAnd walk

אֵשׁʾēšFire

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

וַיַּמְטֵרwayaməṭērAnd rain

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בָּרָדbārādHail

עַלʿalAbove

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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