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Forכִּיifאִםyouאַתָּהrefuseמָאֵןto let them goלְשַׁלֵּחַand stillוְעוֹדְךָholdמַחֲזִיקthem,בָּם
Exodus 9:2
Study it in the app“For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:2, word by word
- refuseמָאֵןmaen
refusing
Refusing, unwilling.
Where else “maen” appears- to let them goשַׁלֵּחַshaleach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shaleach” appears- holdמַחֲזִיקmachazik
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazik” appears
The context
1YHWH said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 · This verse (above)
3look, the hand of YHWH will be on your livestock that are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the flocks, with a very severe pestilence.