YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“SayאֱמֹרtoאֶלAaron,אַהֲרֹן‘Takeקַחyour staffמַטְּךָand stretch outוּנְטֵהyour handיָדְךָoverעַלthe watersמֵימֵיof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםoverעַלtheir rivers,נַהֲרֹתָםoverעַלtheir canals,יְאֹרֵיהֶםoverוְעַלtheir pools,אַגְמֵיהֶםand overוְעַלallכָּלthe reservoirsמִקְוֵהof their water,מֵימֵיהֶםthat they may becomeוְיִהְיוּblood;דָםand there will beוְהָיָהbloodדָםin allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםboth in vessels of woodוּבָעֵצִיםand in vessels of stone.’”וּבָאֲבָנִים
Exodus 7:19
Study it in the app“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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- ‘Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- your staffמַטְּmat
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mat” appears- and stretch outנְטֵהnete
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nete” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the watersמֵימֵיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- their riversנַהֲרֹתָnaharota
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “naharota” appears- their canalsיְאֹרֵיyeore
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeore” appears- their poolsאַגְמֵיagme
pool
A pool of still water that forms in low ground.
Where else “agme” appears- the reservoirsמִקְוֵהmikve
gathering
Water gathered in one place, like a pool or the seas.
Where else “mikve” appears- that they may becomeיִהְיוּyihyu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihyu” appears- bloodדָםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- both in vessels of woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- and in vessels of stone.’אֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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).
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.