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The fishוְהַדָּגָהthatאֲשֶׁרare in the Nileבַּיְאֹרwill die,תָּמוּתand the Nileוּ הַיְאֹרwill stink,בָאַשׁand the Egyptiansוְ מִצְרַיִםwill loatheנִלְאוּto drinkלִשְׁתּוֹתwaterמַיִםfromמִןthe Nile.”’”הַיְאֹר
Exodus 7:18
Study it in the app“The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the Nile.”’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 7:18, word by word
- The fishדָּגָהdaga
fish
Fish; everything that lives in the water (a collective word).
Where else “daga” appears- are in the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- will dieתָּמוּתtamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appears- will stinkבָאַשׁvaash
stink
To give off a bad smell, like what rots or is fouled.
Where else “vaash” appears- and the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- will loatheנִלְאוּnilu
grow weary
To grow weary of something or have had enough of it.
Where else “nilu” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” 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
17Thus says YHWH: “By this you will know that I am YHWH: look, I am going to strike with the staff that is in my hand the water that is in the Nile, and it will be turned into blood.
18 · This verse (above)
19YHWH said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their canals, over their pools, and over all the reservoirs of their water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”