look,הִנֵּהthe handיַדof YHWHיְהוָהwill beהוֹיָהon your livestockבְּמִקְנְךָthatאֲשֶׁרare in the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהon the horses,בַּסּוּסִיםon the donkeys,בַּחֲמֹרִיםon the camels,בַּגְּמַלִּיםon the cattle,בַּבָּקָרand on the flocks,וּבַצֹּאןwith a veryמְאֹדsevereכָּבֵדpestilence.דֶּבֶר
Exodus 9:3
Study it in the app“look, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:3, word by word
- the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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- will beהוֹיָהhoya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hoya” appears- on your livestockמִקְנְmikn
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikn” appears- are in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- on the horsesסּוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- on the donkeysחֲמֹרִיםchamorim
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appears- on the camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears- on the cattleבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- and on the flocksצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- with a veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- severeכָּבֵדkaved
severe
Hard and severe, difficult to bear: a terrible famine.
Where else “kaved” appears- pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appears
The context
2For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
3 · This verse (above)
4But YHWH will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’”