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Exodus 7:12 Interlinear

“For they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents swallowed up his rod but Aaron's his rod”

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Exodus 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּשְׁלִ֙יכוּ֙	H7993	For they cast down	to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
2	אִ֣ישׁ	H376	every man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3	מַטֹּתָֽם׃	H4294	his rod	a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
4	וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5	לְתַנִּינִ֑ם	H8577	and they became serpents	a marine or land monster, i.e., sea-serpent or jackal
6	וַיִּבְלַ֥ע	H1104	swallowed up	to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
7	מַטֹּתָֽם׃	H4294	his rod	a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
8	אַהֲרֹ֖ן	H175	but Aaron's	aharon, the brother of moses
9	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10	מַטֹּתָֽם׃	H4294	his rod	a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),

Exodus 7:12 (current)For they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents swallowed up his rod but Aaron's his rod