YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“Stretch outנְטֵהyour handיָדְךָtowardעַלthe sky,הַשָּׁמַיִםthat there may beוִיהִיdarknessחֹשֶׁךְoverעַלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםa darknessחֹשֶׁךְthat can be felt.”וְיָמֵשׁ
Exodus 10:21
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:21, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “Stretch outנְטֵהnete
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nete” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the skyשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- that there may beיהִיyhi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yhi” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- that can be feltיָמֵשׁyamesh
feel
To touch in order to recognize.
Where else “yamesh” appears
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
20But YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh obstinate, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.
21 · This verse (above)
22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.