Exodus 10:22
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛ה
(mo·sheh)
4872: a great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiverfrom mashah
stretchedוַיֵּ֥ט
(vai·yet)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
out his handיָדֹ֖ו
(ya·dov)
3027: handa prim. root
towardעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
the sky,הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
(ha·sha·ma·yim;)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
and there was thickאֲפֵלָ֛ה
(a·fe·lah)
653: darkness, gloominess, calamityfrom the same as ophel
darknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ־
(cho·shech-)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
in allבְּכָל־
(be·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the landאֶ֥רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
of Egyptמִצְרַ֖יִם
(mitz·ra·yim)
4714: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africaof uncertain derivation
for threeשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת
(she·lo·shet)
7969: a three, triadof uncertain derivation
days.יָמִֽים׃
(ya·mim.)
3117: daya prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And Moses
Mosheh  (mo-sheh')
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver -- Moses.
stretched forth
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
his hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
toward heaven
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
and there was a thick
'aphelah  (af-ay-law')
duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment -- dark, darkness, gloominess, thick.
darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
in all the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of Egypt
Mitsrayim  (mits-rah'-yim)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
three
shalowsh  (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

King James Bible
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

International Standard Version
So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

NET Bible
So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Moses lifted his hand toward the sky, and throughout Egypt there was total darkness for three days.

King James 2000 Bible
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
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