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The magiciansהַחַרְטֻמִּיםdidוַיַּעֲשׂוּthe sameכֵןby their secret artsבְּלָטֵיהֶםto bring forthלְהוֹצִיאgnats,אֶת הַכִּנִּיםbut they could not.וְלֹא יָכֹלוּAnd there wereוַתְּהִיgnatsהַכִּנָּםon peopleבָּאָדָםand on animals.וּבַבְּהֵמָה
Exodus 8:18
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:18, word by word
- The magiciansחַרְטֻמִּיםchartumim
magicians
Magicians: Egyptian experts devoted to interpreting dreams and signs and to secret arts.
Where else “chartumim” appears- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- by their secret artsלָטֵיlate
secret arts
Magic spells worked in hiding.
Where else “late” appears- to bring forthהוֹצִיאhotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appears- gnatsכִּנִּיםkinim
gnats
Small biting insects: gnats or lice; the exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “kinim” appears- but they could notיָכֹלוּyacholu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yacholu” appears- And there wereתְּהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- on peopleאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and on animalsבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears
The context
17They 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.
18 · This verse (above)
19Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of Elohim.” But the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.