What Does Exodus 8:26 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“It is not meet”

properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,

“so to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“the abomination”

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

“of the Egyptians”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“lo shall we sacrifice”

to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

“to the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“our God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“for”

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“lo shall we sacrifice”

to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the abomination”

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

“of the Egyptians”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“before their eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and will they not stone”

properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)