Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 8:17 Interlinear

And they did stretched out so for Aaron his hand with his rod and smote all the dust of the earth and it became lice in man and in beast all the dust of the earth and it became lice of the earth of Egypt

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּH6213And they didto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2כֵ֗ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
3וַיֵּט֩H5186stretched outto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
4אַֽהֲרֹ֨ןH175so for Aaronaharon, the brother of moses
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6יָד֤וֹH3027his handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
7בְמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙H4294with his roda branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
8וַיַּךְ֙H5221and smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10עֲפַ֥רH6083all the dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
11אֶ֥רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
12וַתְּהִי֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13כִנִּ֖יםH3654and it became licea gnat
14בָּֽאָדָ֖םH120in manruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
15וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הH929and in beastproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
16כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
17עֲפַ֥רH6083all the dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
18אֶ֥רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
19הָיָ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
20כִנִּ֖יםH3654and it became licea gnat
21בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
22אֶ֥רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
23מִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

Verse Context

Exodus 8:16Say And the LORD unto Moses Say ...
Exodus 8:17 (current)And they did stretched out so for Aaron his hand with his rod and smote all the dust of the earth and it became lice in man and in beast all the dust of the earth and it became lice of the earth of Egypt
Exodus 8:18did And the magicians so with their enchantments to bring forth ...

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