The fishוְהַדָּגָהthatאֲשֶׁרwere in the Nileבַּיְאֹרdied,מֵתָהand the Nileוַ הַיְאֹרstank,יִּבְאַשׁand the Egyptiansוְ מִצְרַיִםcould notלֹא יָכְלוּdrinkלִשְׁתּוֹתwaterמַיִםfromמִןthe Nile;הַיְאֹרand the bloodוַיְהִי הַדָּםwas in allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 7:21
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 7:21, word by word
- The fishדָּגָהdaga
fish
Fish; everything that lives in the water (a collective word).
Where else “daga” appears- were in the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- diedמֵתָהmeta
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “meta” appears- stankיִּבְאַשׁyivash
stink
To give off a bad smell, like what rots or is fouled.
Where else “yivash” appears- and the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- could notיָכְלוּyachlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachlu” appears- drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and the bloodיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- and the bloodדָּםdam
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- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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Places in this verse
1Nile
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).
2Egypt
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).
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts; and the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.