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Pharaohפַּרְעֹהsent,וַיִּשְׁלַחand look,וְהִנֵּהnotלֹאevenעַדoneאֶחָדof the livestockמִמִּקְנֵהof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad died.מֵתBut the heartוַ לֵבof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהwas insensitive,יִּכְבַּדand he did notוְלֹאletשִׁלַּחthe peopleאֶת הָעָםgo.שִׁלַּח
Exodus 9:7
Study it in the app“Pharaoh sent, and look, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But the heart of Pharaoh was insensitive, and he did not let the people go.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:7, word by word
- 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- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- of the livestockמִּקְנֵהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” 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- had diedמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- But the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- was insensitiveיִּכְבַּדyichbad
make insensitive
To make the heart hard and unfeeling, as if it were heavy.
Where else “yichbad” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
6And YHWH did this thing the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the sons of Israel not one died.
7 · This verse (above)
8YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.