Exodus 8:16
Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’”This verse in the real world
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- כֵּןkêna gnat
- עָפָרʻâphârdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- נָטָהnâṭâhto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭeha branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figura
- אַהֲרוֹןʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of Moses
- נָכָהnâkâhto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.