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So Aaronוַ אַהֲרֹןstretched outיֵּטhis handאֶת יָדוֹoverעַלthe watersמֵימֵיof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand the frogsהַצְּפַרְדֵּעַcame upוַתַּעַלand coveredוַתְּכַסthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 8:6
Study it in the app“So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:6, word by word
- So Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- stretched outיֵּטyet
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yet” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the watersמֵימֵיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and the frogsצְּפַרְדֵּעַtsefardea
frog
Frog.
Where else “tsefardea” appears- came upתַּעַלtaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taal” appears- and coveredתְּכַסtechas
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techas” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
5YHWH said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt.’”
6 · This verse (above)
7But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.