But against anyוּלְכֹלof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלnotלֹאa dogכֶּלֶבwill so much as moveיֶחֱרַץits tongue,לְשֹׁנוֹagainstלְeither manמֵאִישׁorוְעַדbeast,בְּהֵמָהso thatלְמַעַןyou may knowתֵּדְעוּןthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהmakes a distinctionיַפְלֶהbetweenבֵּיןEgyptמִצְרַיִםandוּבֵיןIsrael.’יִשְׂרָאֵל
Exodus 11:7
Study it in the app“But against any of the sons of Israel not a dog will so much as move its tongue, against either man or beast, so that you may know that YHWH makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 11:7, word by word
- of 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- a dogכֶּלֶבkelev
dog
An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.
Where else “kelev” appears- will so much as moveיֶחֱרַץyecherats
bark
To wag the tongue against someone, to bark or threaten.
Where else “yecherats” appears- its tongueלְשֹׁנleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- either manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- beastבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- you may knowתֵּדְעוּtedu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “tedu” appears- 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- makes a distinctionיַפְלֶהyafle
make a distinction
Make a distinction, treat differently, set apart.
Where else “yafle” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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
6There will be a great outcry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been and such as there will never be again.
7 · This verse (above)
8Then all these servants of yours will come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you!’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.