Then Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהsentיִּשְׁלַחand calledוַיִּקְרָאfor Mosesלְמֹשֶׁהand for Aaronוּלְאַהֲרֹןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“I have sinnedחָטָאתִיthis time;הַפָּעַםYHWHיְהוָהis the righteous one,הַצַּדִּיקand Iוַאֲנִיand my peopleוְעַמִּיare the wicked ones.הָרְשָׁעִים
Exodus 9:27
Study it in the app“Then 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:27, word by word
- Then Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- for 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- and for Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “I have sinnedחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- this timeפָּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- 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- is the righteous oneצַּדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- and my peopleעַמִּami
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appears- are the wicked onesרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears
The context
26Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 · This verse (above)
28Pray to YHWH, for there has been enough of thunder of Elohim and hail; and I will let you go, and you will not have to stay any longer.”