Study it in the app“Moses 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.”
Mosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןdidוַיַּעֲשׂוּso,כֵןasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commanded.צִוָּהHe raisedוַיָּרֶםthe staffבַּמַּטֶּהand struckוַיַּךְthe waterאֶת הַמַּיִםthatאֲשֶׁרwas in the Nileבַּיְאֹרin the sightלְעֵינֵיof Pharaohפַרְעֹהand in the sightוּלְעֵינֵיof his servants,עֲבָדָיוand allוַ כָּלthe waterהַמַּיִםthatאֲשֶׁרwas in the Nileבַּיְאֹרwas turnedיֵּהָפְכוּinto blood.לְדָם
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” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yaasu” appearsYHWH
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” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearslift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “yarem” appearsstaff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yach” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsNile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearschange
To change something into something else.
Where else “yehafchu” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearsNile
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).
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.’”
20 · This verse (above)
21The fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
