Study it in the app“Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck Egypt with every kind of blow in the wilderness.”
Woeאוֹיto us!לָנוּWhoמִיwill deliver usיַצִּילֵנוּfrom the handמִיַּדof theseהָאֵלֶּהmightyהָאַדִּירִיםgods?הָאֱלֹהִיםTheseאֵלֶּהareהֵםthe godsהָאֱלֹהִיםwho struckהַמַּכִּיםEgyptאֶת מִצְרַיִםwith every kindבְּכָלof blowמַכָּהin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
woe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsile” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsmajestic
Great and strong, awe-inspiring.
Where else “adirim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearspunish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “makim” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearswound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsIn Hebrew the words that go with “gods” are plural (“these mighty gods,” “who struck”); the speakers are the Philistines. It can be understood that they speak of the Elohim of Israel as of several gods.
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “Elohim has come into the camp!” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.
8 · This verse (above)
9Be strong and be men, Philistines, so that you do not serve the Hebrews as they have served you; be men and fight!”
