Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron: Stretch forth thy rod, and strike the dust of the earth; and may there be sciniphs in all the land of Egypt. stretch Exodus 8:5,17 And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand upon the streams, and upon the rivers and the pools, and bring forth frogs upon the land of Egypt. . . . lice. 1. they sprang from the dust, and not from the waters; 2. they were on both man and beast, which cannot be said of gnats; 3. their name is derived from koon, to make firm, fix, establish, which cannot agree with gnats, flies, which are ever changing place, and almost constantly on the wing; 4. the term kinnah is used by the Talmudists to express the louse. This insect must have been a very dreadful and afflicting plague to the Egyptians, and especially to the priests, who were obliged to shave all their hair off, and to wear a single linen tunic, to prevent vermin harbouring about them. Context The Third Plague: Gnats16And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron: Stretch forth thy rod, and strike the dust of the earth; and may there be sciniphs in all the land of Egypt.17And they did so. And Aaron stretched forth his hand, holding the rod; and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came sciniphs on men and on beasts: all the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphs through all the land of Egypt.… Cross References Exodus 8:15 And Pharao seeing that rest was given, hardened his own heart, and did not hear them, as the Lord had commanded. Exodus 8:17 And they did so. And Aaron stretched forth his hand, holding the rod; and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came sciniphs on men and on beasts: all the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphs through all the land of Egypt. Exodus 8:18 And the magicians with their enchantments practised in like manner, to bring forth sciniphs, and they could not: and there were sciniphs as well on men as on beasts. Psalm 105:31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts. Lexicon Then the LORDיְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Moses, מֹשֶׁה֒ (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver “Tell אֱמֹר֙ (’ĕ·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say Aaron, אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses ‘Stretch out נְטֵ֣ה (nə·ṭêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend your staff מַטְּךָ֔ (maṭ·ṭə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe and strike וְהַ֖ךְ (wə·haḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike the dust עֲפַ֣ר (‘ă·p̄ar) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud of the earth, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land that it may turn into וְהָיָ֥ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be swarms of gnats לְכִנִּ֖ם (lə·ḵin·nim) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3654: Gnat, gnats, a gnat swarm throughout בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the land אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Egypt.’” מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Additional Translations Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that is may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod with thy hand and smite the dust of the earth; and there shall be lice both upon man, and upon quadrupeds, and in all the land of Egypt. And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy staff, and smite the dust of the earth, and it shall become gnats throughout the land of Egypt. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 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.'" And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, and it hath become gnats in all the land of Egypt.' Jump to Previous Aaron Dust Earth Egypt Gnats Ground Insects Lice Moses Rod Smite Staff Stretch Stretched Strike ThroughoutJump to Next Aaron Dust Earth Egypt Gnats Ground Insects Lice Moses Rod Smite Staff Stretch Stretched Strike ThroughoutLinks Exodus 8:16 NIVExodus 8:16 NLT Exodus 8:16 ESV Exodus 8:16 NASB Exodus 8:16 KJV Exodus 8:16 Bible Apps Exodus 8:16 Biblia Paralela Exodus 8:16 Chinese Bible Exodus 8:16 French Bible Exodus 8:16 German Bible Alphabetical: Aaron all and become dust earth Egypt Egypt' gnats ground it land LORD may Moses of out said Say staff Stretch strike Tell that the Then through throughout to will your OT Law: Exodus 8:16 Yahweh said to Moses Tell Aaron 'Stretch (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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