YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“Stretch outנְטֵהyour handאֶת יָדְךָtowardעַלthe sky,הַשָּׁמַיִםthat there may beוִיהִיhailבָרָדin allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםonעַלpeopleהָאָדָםand onוְעַלanimalsהַבְּהֵמָהand onוְעַלeveryכָּלplantעֵשֶׂבof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.”מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 9:22
Study it in the app“YHWH 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:22, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- “Stretch outנְטֵהnete
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nete” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the skyשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- that there may beיהִיyhi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appears- hailבָרָדvarad
hail
Hail.
Where else “varad” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- peopleאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- animalsבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- plantעֵשֶׂבesev
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” 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
21but whoever did not pay attention to the word of YHWH left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 · This verse (above)
23Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and YHWH sent thunder and hail, and fire went down to the earth; and YHWH rained hail on the land of Egypt.