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So he went outוַיֵּצֵאfromמֵעִםPharaohפַּרְעֹהand prayedוַיֶּעְתַּרtoאֶלYHWH.יְהוָה
Exodus 10:18
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Exodus 10:18, word by word
- So he went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- and prayedיֶּעְתַּרyetar
plead
To pray to God persistently, asking him for something.
Where else “yetar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
17So now, please forgive my sin only this time, and pray to YHWH your Elohim that he only remove this death from me.”
18 · This verse (above)
19And YHWH turned it into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.