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But when Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהsawיַּרְאthatכִּיthe rainהַמָּטָרand the hailוְהַבָּרָדand the thunderוְהַקֹּלֹתhad ceased,חָדַלhe sinnedלַחֲטֹאagainוַיֹּסֶףand madeוַיַּכְבֵּדhis heartלִבּוֹinsensitive,יַּכְבֵּדheהוּאand his servants.וַעֲבָדָיו
Exodus 9:34
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:34, word by word
- But when Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the rainמָּטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- and the hailבָּרָדbarad
hail
Hail.
Where else “barad” appears- and the thunderקֹּלֹתkolot
thunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kolot” appears- had ceasedחָדַלchadal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadal” appears- he sinnedחֲטֹאchato
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appears- againיֹּסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appears- and madeיַּכְבֵּדyachbed
make insensitive
To make the heart hard and unfeeling, as if it were heavy.
Where else “yachbed” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- and his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears
The context
33So 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.
34 · This verse (above)
35So the heart of Pharaoh became obstinate, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, as YHWH had spoken through Moses.