Exodus 7:5

“And the Egyptians will know that I am YHWH, when I stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.””

Exodus 7:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 7:5, word by word

And the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egyptian

Egyptian.

Where else “mitsrayim” appears
will knowיָדְעוּyadu

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

Where else “yadu” appears
am 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.

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when I stretch outנְטֹתִnetoti

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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my handיָדִyadi

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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and bring outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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from their midstתּוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6Moses and Aaron did so; as YHWH commanded them, so they did.

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