And YHWHוַ יְהוָהturned it intoיַּהֲפֹךְa veryמְאֹדstrongחָזָקwestיָםwind,רוּחַwhich liftedוַיִּשָּׂאthe locustsאֶת הָאַרְבֶּהand drove themוַיִּתְקָעֵהוּinto the Seaיָמָּהof Reeds;סּוּףnotלֹאa singleאֶחָדlocustאַרְבֶּהremainedנִשְׁאַרin allבְּכֹלthe territoryגְּבוּלof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 10:19
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:19, word by word
- And 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- turned it intoיַּהֲפֹךְyahafoch
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “yahafoch” appears- a veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- strongחָזָקchazak
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazak” appears- westיָםyam
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yam” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- which liftedיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- the locustsאַרְבֶּהarbe
locust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appears- and drove themיִּתְקָעֵyitkae
drive in
To drive in a peg or nail something firmly.
Where else “yitkae” appears- of Reedsסּוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- a singleאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- remainedנִשְׁאַרnishar
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appears- the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Translation note
“Sea of Reeds” translates yam suf literally: suf is the word for the reeds of 2:3 and 2:5.
Places in this verse
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).
The context
18So he went out from Pharaoh and prayed to YHWH.
19 · This verse (above)
20But YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh obstinate, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.