Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Pharaoh,לְפַרְעֹה“Have the honorהִתְפָּאֵרover me:עָלַיfor whenלְמָתַיshall I prayאַעְתִּירfor youלְךָand for your servantsוְלַעֲבָדֶיךָand for your people,וּלְעַמְּךָthat the frogsהַצֲפַרְדְּעִיםbe cut offלְהַכְרִיתfrom youמִמְּךָand from your housesוּמִבָּתֶּיךָand remainתִּשָּׁאַרְנָהonlyרַקin the Nile?”בַּיְאֹר
Exodus 8:9
Study it in the app“Moses said to Pharaoh, “Have the honor over me: for when shall I pray for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and from your houses and remain only in the Nile?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:9, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- “Have the honorהִתְפָּאֵרhitpaer
have the honor
A polite formula for asking someone of rank: "deign to".
Where else “hitpaer” appears- for whenמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- shall I prayאַעְתִּירatir
plead
To pray to God persistently, asking him for something.
Where else “atir” appears- and for your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appears- and for your peopleעַמְּam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- that the frogsצֲפַרְדְּעִיםtsafardim
frog
Frog.
Where else “tsafardim” appears- be cut offהַכְרִיתhachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hachrit” appears- and from your housesבָּתֶּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- and remainתִּשָּׁאַרְנָהtishaarna
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “tishaarna” appears- in the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
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Places in this verse
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).
The context
8Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to YHWH that he remove the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to YHWH.”
9 · This verse (above)
10He said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “As you say, so that you may know that there is no one like YHWH our Elohim.