EXODUS 8:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.”

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Exodus 8:5 Translation & Meaning

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And the Lord יְהוָה֮ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
spake וַיֹּ֣אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) spake
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
Moses, מֹשֶׁה֒ Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses
Say אֱמֹ֣ר To say (used with great latitude) Say
unto אֶֽל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
Aaron, אַהֲרֹ֗ן Aharon, the brother of Moses Aaron
Stretch forth נְטֵ֤ה To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) Stretch forth
thine hand יָֽדְךָ֙ A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] thine hand
with thy rod בְּמַטֶּ֔ךָ 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 streams, הַ֨נְּהָרֹ֔ת A stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity streams
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 rivers, הַיְאֹרִ֖ים A channel, e.g., a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria rivers
and over וְעַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications and over
the ponds, הָֽאֲגַמִּ֑ים A marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds ponds
and cause אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) cause
frogs הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים A marsh-leaper, i.e., frog frogs
to come up וְהַ֥עַל To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative come up
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
the land אֶ֥רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
of Egypt. מִצְרָֽיִם׃ Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egypt

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  • 3  And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

  • 4  And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

  • 5  And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

  • 6  And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

  • 7  And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.




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