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I will putוְשַׂמְתִּיa ransomפְדֻתbetweenבֵּיןmy peopleעַמִּיandוּבֵיןyour people.עַמֶּךָTomorrowלְמָחָרthisהַזֶּהsignהָאֹתwill take place.”’”יִהְיֶה
Exodus 8:23
Study it in the app“I will put a ransom between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will take place.”’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:23, word by word
- I will putשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- a ransomפְדֻתfedut
redemption; distinction
Redemption, deliverance. In Exodus 8:23, the separation that keeps safe.
Where else “fedut” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- Tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- signאֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- will take place.”’יִהְיֶהyihye
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yihye” appears
Translation note
“Ransom” translates pedut, which according to Strong means “distinction” and also “deliverance, redemption.” Here it marks the separation between the two peoples (8:22).
The context
22But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people live, so that there will be no swarms of flies there, that you may know that I am YHWH in the midst of the land.
23 · This verse (above)
24YHWH did so; heavy swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.