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But when Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהsawיַּרְאthatכִּיthere wasהָיְתָהrelief,הָרְוָחָהhe madeוְהַכְבֵּדhis heartאֶת לִבּוֹinsensitiveהַכְבֵּדand did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמַעto them,אֲלֵהֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad said.דִּבֶּר
Exodus 8:15
Study it in the app“But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he made his heart insensitive and did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:15, word by word
- But when Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- there wasהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- reliefרְוָחָהrevacha
relief
Relief, respite.
Where else “revacha” appears- he madeהַכְבֵּדhachbed
make insensitive
To make the heart hard and unfeeling, as if it were heavy.
Where else “hachbed” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- listenשָׁמַעshama
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- had saidדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
14They piled them up in heaps, heaps, and the land stank.
15 · This verse (above)
16YHWH said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’”