I will makeוְחִזַּקְתִּיPharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהheartאֶת לֵבobstinate,חִזַּקְתִּיand he will pursueוְרָדַףthem,אַחֲרֵיהֶםand I will gain gloryוְאִכָּבְדָהover Pharaohבְּפַרְעֹהand over allוּבְכָלhis army;חֵילוֹand the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםwill knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיIאֲנִיam YHWH.”יְהוָהAnd they didוַיַּעֲשׂוּso.כֵן
Exodus 14:4
Study it in the app“I will make Pharaoh’s heart obstinate, and he will pursue them, and I will gain glory over Pharaoh and over all his army; and the Egyptians will know that I am YHWH.” And they did so.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:4, word by word
- I will makeחִזַּקְתִּיchizakti
be stubborn
To harden the heart, become stubborn.
Where else “chizakti” appears- Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- and he will pursueרָדַףradaf
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “radaf” appears- and I will gain gloryאִכָּבְדָהikavda
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “ikavda” appears- his armyחֵילchel
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appears- and the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- will knowיָדְעוּyadu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadu” appears- am 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- And they didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears
The context
3Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.’
4 · This verse (above)
5When it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”