So Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהwent outיֵּצֵאfromמֵעִםPharaoh,פַּרְעֹהout ofאֶתthe city,הָעִירand spread outוַיִּפְרֹשׂhis palmsכַּפָּיוtoאֶלYHWH;יְהוָהand the thunderוַ הַקֹּלוֹתand the hailוְהַבָּרָדceased,יַּחְדְּלוּand rainוּמָטָרno longerלֹאpouredנִתַּךְon the earth.אָרְצָה
Exodus 9:33
Study it in the app“So Moses went out from Pharaoh, out of the city, and spread out his palms to YHWH; and the thunder and the hail ceased, and rain no longer poured on the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:33, word by word
- So 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- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and spread outיִּפְרֹשׂyifros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “yifros” appears- his palmsכַּפָּיkapay
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapay” 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- and the thunderקֹּלוֹתkolot
thunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kolot” appears- and the hailבָּרָדbarad
hail
Hail.
Where else “barad” appears- ceasedיַּחְדְּלוּyachdlu
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “yachdlu” appears- and rainמָטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- pouredנִתַּךְnitach
pour out
To gush out, like water or God's wrath.
Where else “nitach” appears- on the earthאָרְצָartsa
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “artsa” appears
The context
32But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are late.
33 · This verse (above)
34But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and made his heart insensitive, he and his servants.