Exodus 7:19

“YHWH 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.’””

Exodus 7:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 7:19, word by word

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
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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‘Takeקַחkach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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your staffמַטְּmat

staff

A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.

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and stretch outנְטֵהnete

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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the watersמֵימֵיmeme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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their riversנַהֲרֹתָnaharota

river

River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.

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their canalsיְאֹרֵיyeore

Nile

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their poolsאַגְמֵיagme

pool

A pool of still water that forms in low ground.

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the reservoirsמִקְוֵהmikve

gathering

Water gathered in one place, like a pool or the seas.

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that they may becomeיִהְיוּyihyu

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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bloodדָםdam

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

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the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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both in vessels of woodעֵצִיםetsim

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

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and in vessels of stone.’אֲבָנִיםavanim

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemNileEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Egypt

    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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

  • 2Nile

    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).

    Genesis 41:1Exodus 7:20Exodus 2:52 Kings 19:24

The context

18The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the Nile.”’”

19 · This verse (above)

20Moses and Aaron did so, as YHWH had commanded. He raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood.

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