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They did notלֹאseeרָאוּone another,אִישׁ אֶת אָחִיוand no oneוְלֹא אִישׁroseקָמוּfrom his placeמִתַּחְתָּיוfor threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays;יָמִיםbut allוּלְכָלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhadהָיָהlightאוֹרin their dwellings.בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָם
Exodus 10:23
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:23, word by word
- seeרָאוּrau
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “rau” appears- one anotherאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- one anotherאָחִיachi
one another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears- roseקָמוּkamu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamu” 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- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- hadהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- in their dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתָmoshvota
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvota” appears
The context
22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 · This verse (above)
24Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said, “Go, serve YHWH; only let your flocks and your herds be left behind; even your little ones may go with you.”