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Allכָלthe Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםdugוַיַּחְפְּרוּaroundסְבִיבֹתthe Nileהַיְאֹרfor waterמַיִםto drink,לִשְׁתּוֹתforכִּיthey could notלֹא יָכְלוּdrinkלִשְׁתֹּתfrom the waterמִמֵּימֵיof the Nile.הַיְאֹר
Exodus 7:24
Study it in the app“All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink from the water of the Nile.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 7:24, word by word
- the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- dugיַּחְפְּרוּyachpru
dig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “yachpru” appears- aroundסְבִיבֹתsevivot
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivot” appears- the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- for waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- they could notיָכְלוּyachlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachlu” 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
23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.
24 · This verse (above)
25Seven days were completed after YHWH struck the Nile.