Exodus

Exodus 4:3

³“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake,^a and he ran from it.

Footnotes

a 4:3 Hebrew nachash, in contrast to Aaron’s staff, which became a tanninin Exodus 7:10|EXO 7:10

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Throw	הַשְׁלִיכֵ֣הוּ	haš·lî·ḵê·hū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H7993 throw, fling, cast
it on the ground	אַ֔רְצָה	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
So	וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ	way·yaš·lî·ḵê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H7993 throw, fling, cast
it on the ground	אַ֖רְצָה	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and it became	וַיְהִ֣י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a snake	לְנָחָ֑שׁ	lə·nā·ḥāš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5175 serpent
and	מֹשֶׁ֖ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
ran	וַיָּ֥נָס	way·yā·nās	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
from it	מִפָּנָֽיו׃	mip·pā·nāw	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.