Study it in the app“They did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on people and on animals; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.”
They didוַיַּעֲשׂוּso;כֵןAaronוַ אַהֲרֹןstretched outיֵּטhis handאֶת יָדוֹwith his staffבְמַטֵּהוּand struckוַיַּךְthe dustאֶת עֲפַרof the earth,הָאָרֶץand there wereוַתְּהִיgnatsהַכִּנָּםon peopleבָּאָדָםand on animals;וּבַבְּהֵמָהallכָּלthe dustעֲפַרof the earthהָאָרֶץbecameהָיָהgnatsכִנִּיםthroughoutבְּallכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yet” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsstaff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yach” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appearsgnats
Small biting insects: gnats or lice; the exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “kinam” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsEgypt
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).
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.’”
17 · This verse (above)
18The magicians did the same by their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not. And there were gnats on people and on animals.
