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But Iוַאֲנִיwill hardenאַקְשֶׁהthe heartאֶת לֵבof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹהand I will multiplyוְהִרְבֵּיתִיmy signsאֶת אֹתֹתַיand my wondersוְאֶת מוֹפְתַיin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 7:3
Study it in the app“But I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 7:3, word by word
- will hardenאַקְשֶׁהakshe
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “akshe” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- and I will multiplyהִרְבֵּיתִיhirbeti
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirbeti” appears- my signsאֹתֹתַotota
miracle
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “otota” appears- and my wondersמוֹפְתַmofta
wonder
An astonishing deed of God's power.
Where else “mofta” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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
2You shall speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.
3 · This verse (above)
4Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring out my armies, my people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.