Exodus 9:8 Go deeper
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And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 1
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 3
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 4
וְאֶֽל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 5
אַהֲרֹן֒'a.ha.RonAaron
Lemma: אַהֲרֹן (a.ha.ron) · Strong's: H0175
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Aaron
Used 347 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:27, Exodus 4:28, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 4:30, Exodus 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0175; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 6
קְח֤וּke.Chutake
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 7
מְלֹ֣אme.Lo'[the] fullness of
Lemma: מְלֹא (me.lo) · Strong's: H4393
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: fullness
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 48:19, Exodus 16:32, Exodus 16:33, Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 5:12, Leviticus 16:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4393; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 8
חָפְנֵיכֶ֔םcha.fe.nei.Khemhands your
Lemma: חֹ֫פֶן (cho.phen) · Strong's: H2651
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)
Meaning: palm
Used 6 times. Also: Leviticus 16:12, Proverbs 30:4, Ecclesiastes 4:6, Ezekiel 10:2, Ezekiel 10:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2651; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 9
פִּ֖יחַPi.achsoot of
Lemma: פִּיחַ (pi.ach) · Strong's: H6368
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: soot
Used 2 times. Also: Exodus 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6368; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 10
כִּבְשָׁ֑ןkiv.Shana furnace
Lemma: כִּבְשָׁן (kiv.shan) · Strong's: H3536
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: kiln
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 19:28, Exodus 9:10, Exodus 19:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3536; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 11
וּזְרָק֥וֹu.ze.ra.Koand he will sprinkle it
Lemma: זָרַק (za.raq) · Strong's: H2236
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to scatter
Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 9:10, Exodus 24:6, Exodus 24:8, Exodus 29:16, Exodus 29:20, Leviticus 1:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2236; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 12
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 13
הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָהha.sha.May.mahthe heavens towards
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heaven
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 14
לְעֵינֵ֥יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: seeing
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 15
פַרְעֹֽה\׃far.'OhPharaoh
Lemma: פַּרְעֹה (par.oh) · Strong's: H6547J
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)
Meaning: Pharaoh
Used 118 times. Also: Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:11, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 4:22, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6547J; TAHOT Exodus 9:8 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| and Aaron | → | אַהֲרֹן H0175 Aaron |
| Take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| handfuls | → | מְלֹא H4393 fullness |
| . . . | → | חֹ֫פֶן H2651 palm |
| of soot | → | פִּיחַ H6368 soot |
| from the furnace | → | כִּבְשָׁן H3536 kiln |
| in the sight | → | עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing |
| of Pharaoh | → | פַּרְעֹה H6547J Pharaoh |
| Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
| is to toss it | → | זָרַק H2236 to scatter |
| into the air | → | שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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