Study it in the app““When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Show a wonder for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it before Pharaoh; let it become a serpent.’””
“WhenכִּיPharaohפַּרְעֹהspeaksיְדַבֵּרto you,אֲלֵכֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Showתְּנוּa wonderמוֹפֵתfor yourselves,’לָכֶםthen you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּtoאֶלAaron,אַהֲרֹן‘Takeקַחyour staffאֶת מַטְּךָand throw itוְהַשְׁלֵךְbeforeלִפְנֵיPharaoh;פַרְעֹהlet it becomeיְהִי לְa serpent.’”תַנִּין
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appearswonder
An astonishing deed of God's power.
Where else “mofet” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appearsstaff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mat” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hashlech” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appearssea monster
A huge beast of the sea.
Where else “tanin” appears“Serpent” here translates tannin, a word that designates a large reptile or a great animal (Genesis 1:21); it is different from nachash, the “serpent” of 4:3 and 7:15.
8YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 · This verse (above)
10So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did so, as YHWH had commanded; Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
