Exodus
Exodus 8:5
5And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And 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 | אֱמֹ֣ר | ’ĕ·mōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Aaron | אַהֲרֹ֗ן | ’a·hă·rōn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H175 Aaron |
| Stretch out | נְטֵ֤ה | nə·ṭêh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| your hand | יָדְךָ֙ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| with your staff | בְּמַטֶּ֔ךָ | bə·maṭ·ṭe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4294 staff, rod, shaft |
| over | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the rivers | הַ֨נְּהָרֹ֔ת | han·nə·hā·rōṯ | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5104 stream, river |
| and canals | הַיְאֹרִ֖ים | hay·’ō·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2975 stream |
| and ponds | הָאֲגַמִּ֑ים | hā·’ă·ḡam·mîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H98 troubled pool |
| and cause the frogs | הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים | haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H6854 frogs |
| to come up onto | וְהַ֥עַל | wə·ha·‘al | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| 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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