GoלֵךְtoאֶלPharaohפַּרְעֹהin the morning;בַּבֹּקֶרlook,הִנֵּהhe is going outיֹצֵאto the water.הַמַּיְמָהStation yourselfוְנִצַּבְתָּto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹonעַלthe bankשְׂפַתof the Nile,הַיְאֹרand the staffוְהַמַּטֶּהthatאֲשֶׁרwas turnedנֶהְפַּךְinto a serpentלְנָחָשׁyou shall takeתִּקַּחin your hand.בְּיָדֶךָ
Exodus 7:15
Study it in the app“Go to Pharaoh in the morning; look, he is going out to the water. Station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile, and the staff that was turned into a serpent you shall take in your hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 7:15, word by word
- Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- he is going outיֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- to the waterמַּיְמָmayma
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayma” appears- Station yourselfנִצַּבְתָּnitsavta
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsavta” appears- to meet himקְרָאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- the bankשְׂפַתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- of the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- and the staffמַּטֶּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- was turnedנֶהְפַּךְnehpach
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “nehpach” appears- into a serpentנָחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- you shall takeתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- in your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” 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
14YHWH said to Moses, “The heart of Pharaoh is insensitive; he refuses to let the people go.
15 · This verse (above)
16And you shall say to him, ‘YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But look, you have not listened until now.