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So Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהstretched outיֵּטhis handאֶת יָדוֹtowardעַלthe sky,הַשָּׁמָיִםand there wasוַיְהִיthickאֲפֵלָהdarknessחֹשֶׁךְin allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםfor threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
Exodus 10:22
Study it in the app“So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:22, word by word
- So 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- stretched outיֵּטyet
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yet” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the skyשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and there wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- thickאֲפֵלָהafela
thick darkness
Very thick darkness.
Where else “afela” 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 Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- for threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” 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
21YHWH 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.”
22 · This verse (above)
23They did not see one another, and no one rose from his place for three days; but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.