But Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהmadeיַּכְבֵּדhis heartאֶת לִבּוֹinsensitiveיַּכְבֵּדthisהַזֹּאתtimeבַּפַּעַםalso,גַּםand he did notוְלֹאletשִׁלַּחthe peopleאֶת הָעָםgo.שִׁלַּח
Exodus 8:32
Study it in the app“But Pharaoh made his heart insensitive this time also, and he did not let the people go.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Exodus 8:32, word by word
- But Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- madeיַּכְבֵּדyachbed
make insensitive
To make the heart hard and unfeeling, as if it were heavy.
Where else “yachbed” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- timeפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- letשִׁלַּחshilach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilach” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
31YHWH did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.
32 · This verse (above)