Exodus
Exodus 8:16
16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָה֮ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁה֒ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| Tell | אֱמֹר֙ | ’ĕ·mōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Aaron | אַהֲרֹ֔ן | ’a·hă·rōn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H175 Aaron |
| Stretch out | נְטֵ֣ה | nə·ṭêh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| your staff | מַטְּךָ֔ | maṭ·ṭə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4294 staff, rod, shaft |
| and strike | וְהַ֖ךְ | wə·haḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| the dust | עֲפַ֣ר | ‘ă·p̄ar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H6083 dry earth, dust |
| of the earth | הָאָ֑רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that it may turn into | וְהָיָ֥ה | wə·hā·yāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| swarms of gnats | לְכִנִּ֖ם | lə·ḵin·nim | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H3654 right, veritable, honest |
| throughout | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the land | אֶ֥רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Egypt | מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | miṣ·rā·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
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