KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 10:13 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Moses” | מֹשֶׁ֣ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “stretched forth” | וַיֵּ֨ט | To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) | stretched forth |
| “his rod” | מַטֵּהוּ֮ | A branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g., bread) | rod |
| “over” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | over |
| “the land” | אֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “of Egypt,” | מִצְרַיִם֒ | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “and the Lord” | וַֽיהוָ֗ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “brought” | נִהַ֤ג | To drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e., lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e., impel or guide oneself) | brought |
| “an east” | קָדִים֙ | The fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) | east |
| “wind” | רֽוּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | wind |
| “upon the land” | בָּאָ֔רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | upon land |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that” | הַה֖וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | that |
| “day,” | הַיּ֥וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “night;” | הַלָּ֑יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “when it was” | הָיָ֔ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | when it was |
| “morning,” | הַבֹּ֣קֶר | Properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning | morning |
| “the east” | הַקָּדִ֔ים | The fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) | east |
| “wind” | וְר֙וּחַ֙ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | wind |
| “brought” | נָשָׂ֖א | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | brought |
| “the locusts.” | הָֽאַרְבֶּֽה׃ | A locust (from its rapid increase) | locusts |
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11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
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