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but whoeverוַאֲשֶׁרdid notלֹאpay attentionשָׂם לִבּוֹtoאֶלthe wordדְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהleftוַיַּעֲזֹבhis servantsאֶת עֲבָדָיוand his livestockוְאֶת מִקְנֵהוּin the field.בַּשָּׂדֶה
Exodus 9:21
Study it in the app“but whoever did not pay attention to the word of YHWH left his servants and his livestock in the field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:21, word by word
- pay attentionשָׂםsam
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “sam” appears- pay attentionלִבּlib
mind
The mind: "lacking heart" means foolish.
Where else “lib” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- leftיַּעֲזֹבyaazov
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazov” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- and his livestockמִקְנֵmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears
The context
20Whoever feared the word of YHWH among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses;
21 · This verse (above)
22YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals and on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.”