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The magiciansהַחַרְטֻמִּיםcould notוְלֹא יָכְלוּstandלַעֲמֹדbeforeלִפְנֵיMosesמֹשֶׁהbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe boils,הַשְּׁחִיןforכִּיthe boilsהַשְּׁחִיןwereהָיָהon the magiciansבַּחֲרְטֻמִּםand on allוּבְכָלthe Egyptians.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 9:11
Study it in the app“The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:11, word by word
- The magiciansחַרְטֻמִּיםchartumim
magicians
Magicians: Egyptian experts devoted to interpreting dreams and signs and to secret arts.
Where else “chartumim” appears- could notיָכְלוּyachlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachlu” appears- standעֲמֹדamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amod” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- 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- the boilsשְּׁחִיןshechin
boil
Boil: a painful inflammation of the skin (Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7).
Where else “shechin” appears- wereהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- the Egyptiansמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears
The context
10So they took the soot of the kiln and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils with blisters breaking out on people and on animals.
11 · This verse (above)
12But YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh obstinate, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had spoken to Moses.