Exodus 8:3

“The Nile will swarm with frogs, and they will come up and go into your house, into the room where you sleep, and onto your bed, into the houses of your servants and among your people, into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.”

Exodus 8:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 8:3, word by word

will swarmשָׁרַץsharats

swarm

Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.

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with frogsצְפַרְדְּעִיםtsefardim

frog

Frog.

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and they will come upעָלוּalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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and goבָאוּvau

enter

To go into a place.

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into your houseבֵיתֶvete

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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into the roomחֲדַרchadar

inner room

Inner room, private chamber.

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where you sleepמִשְׁכָּבְmishkav

bed

The place in the house for sleeping and resting.

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your bedמִטָּתֶmitate

bed

Bed; a couch.

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of your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade

servant

Someone who works for another, or a king's official.

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and among your peopleעַמֶּame

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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into your ovensתַנּוּרֶיtanure

firepot, oven

Small clay oven, like a brazier.

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and into your kneading bowlsמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶיmisharote

kneading bowl

Kneading bowl: the vessel in which bread is kneaded.

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Places in this verse

Nile
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Nile

    Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean

    Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.

    Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).

    Genesis 41:1Exodus 7:20Exodus 2:52 Kings 19:24

The context

2But if you refuse to let them go, look, I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

3 · This verse (above)

4The frogs will come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.”’”

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