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Forכִּיifאִםyouאַתָּהrefuseמָאֵןto letלְשַׁלֵּחַmy peopleאֶת עַמִּיgo,שַׁלֵּחַlook,הִנְנִיtomorrowמָחָרI am bringingמֵבִיאlocustsאַרְבֶּהinto your territory.בִּגְבֻלֶךָ
Exodus 10:4
Study it in the app“For if you refuse to let my people go, look, tomorrow I am bringing locusts into your territory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:4, word by word
- refuseמָאֵןmaen
refusing
Refusing, unwilling.
Where else “maen” appears- to letשַׁלֵּחַshaleach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shaleach” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- I am bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- locustsאַרְבֶּהarbe
locust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appears- into your territoryגְבֻלֶgevule
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevule” appears
The context
3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
4 · This verse (above)
5They will cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land; and they will eat what is left of what escaped, what remains to you from the hail, and they will eat every tree that grows for you in the field.