What Does Exodus 9:10 Mean?

“And they took”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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

“ashes”

a powder (as easily puffed away), i.e., ashes or dust

“of the furnace”

a smelting furnace (as reducing metals)

“and stood”

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“Pharaoh”

paroh, a general title of egyptian kings

“sprinkled”

to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)

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

“and Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

“it up toward heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and it became a boil”

inflammation, i.e., an ulcer

“with blains”

an inflammatory pustule (as eruption)

“breaking forth”

to break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish

“upon man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

“and upon beast”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)