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Exodus 9:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.


Exodus 9:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 9:817 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
קְחוּqəḥûTake
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
מְלֹאməlōʾFulness
חָפְנֵיכֶםḥāp̄ənêḵemFist
פִּיחַpîḥaPowder
כִּבְשָׁןkivəšānFurnace
וּזְרָקוֹûzərāqwōAnd sprinkle
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhašāmayəmāhThe heavens
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
קְחוּqəḥûTake
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
מְלֹאməlōʾFulness
חָפְנֵיכֶםḥāp̄ənêḵemFist
פִּיחַpîḥaPowder
כִּבְשָׁןkivəšānFurnace
וּזְרָקוֹûzərāqwōAnd sprinkle
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhašāmayəmāhThe heavens
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

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