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Onlyרַקin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Goshen,גֹּשֶׁןwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwere, there was noלֹא הָיָהhail.בָּרָד
Exodus 9:26
Study it in the app“Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:26, word by word
- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Goshenגֹּשֶׁןgoshen
Goshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- were, there was noהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- hailבָּרָדbarad
hail
Hail.
Where else “barad” appears
Places in this verse
Goshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).
The context
25The hail struck, throughout all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, from people to animals; and the hail struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field.
26 · This verse (above)
27Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and for Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time; YHWH is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.