And it will beוְהָיָהthat ifאִםthey do notלֹאbelieveיַאֲמִינוּevenגַּםtheseהָאֵלֶּהtwoלִשְׁנֵיsignsהָאֹתוֹתorוְlistenלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּןto your voice,לְקֹלֶךָyou shall takeוְלָקַחְתָּsome of the waterמִמֵּימֵיof the Nileהַיְאֹרand pour itוְשָׁפַכְתָּon the dry ground,הַיַּבָּשָׁהand the waterוְ הַמַּיִםthatאֲשֶׁרyou takeתִּקַּחfromמִןthe Nileהַיְאֹרwill becomeהָיוּ וְהָיוּbloodלְדָםon the dry ground.”בַּיַּבָּשֶׁת
Exodus 4:9
Study it in the app“And it will be that if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some of the water of the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:9, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- believeיַאֲמִינוּyaaminu
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “yaaminu” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- signsאֹתוֹתotot
miracle
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “otot” appears- listenיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “yishmu” appears- to your voiceקֹלֶkole
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kole” appears- you shall takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- some of the waterמֵּימֵיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- of the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- and pour itשָׁפַכְתָּshafachta
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafachta” appears- on the dry groundיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears- bloodדָםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- on the dry groundיַּבָּשֶׁתyabashet
dry land
Dry land, firm ground.
Where else “yabashet” appears
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
8“And it will be that if they do not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 · This verse (above)
10Moses said to YHWH, “Please, Adonai, I have never been a man of words, either in the past or before that or since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of mouth and slow of tongue.”