Exodus 4:7

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Put	הָשֵׁ֤ב ha.Shev	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
hand	יָֽדְךָ֙ ya.de.Kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bosom	חֵיקֶ֔ךָ chei.Ke.cha	H2436	the bosom (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
again	וַיָּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
put	שָׁ֖בָה Sha.vah	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
hand	יָד֖וֹ ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
bosom	חֵיק֑וֹ chei.Ko	H2436	the bosom (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
again	שׁוּב shûwb	H7725	to turn back (hence
plucked	וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙ vai.yo.tzi.'Ah	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
bosom	מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ me.chei.Ko	H2436	the bosom (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
again	שׁוּב shûwb	H7725	to turn back (hence
flesh	כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ kiv.sa.Ro	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can del…
2 Kings 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto t…
Matthew 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Numbers 12:13-15 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

It was a very great honour that Moses was called to when God commissioned him to bring Israel out of Egypt; yet he is with difficulty persuaded to accept the commission, and does it at last with great reluctance, which we should rather impute to a humble diffidence of himself and his own sufficiency than to any unbelieving distrust of God and his word and power. Note, Those whom God designs for preferment he clothes with humility; the most fit for service are the least forward. I. Moses objects that in all probability the people would not hearken to his voice (Exo 4:1), that is, they would not take his bare word, unless he showed them some sign, which he had not been yet instructed to do. Th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:6

Put now thine hand into thy bosom--the open part of his outer robe, worn about the girdle.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:6

His hand was leprous as snow - That is, the leprosy spread itself over the whole body in thin white scales; and from this appearance it has its Greek name λεπρα, from λεπις, a scale. Dr. Mead says, "I have seen a remarkable case of this in a countryman, whose whole body was so miserably seized with it, that his skin was shining as if covered with snow; and as the surfuraceous scales were daily rubbed off, the flesh appeared quick or raw underneath." The leprosy, at least among the Jews, was a most inveterate and contagious disorder, and deemed by them incurable. Among the heathens it was considered as inflicted by their gods, and it was supposed that they alone could remove it. It is certain…

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John Gill on Exodus 4:7

And he said, put thine hand into thy bosom again,.... With the leprosy on it: and he put his hand into his bosom again, and plucked it out of his bosom; quickly after he had put it in: and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh; it was cured of the leprosy, and recovered its colour, and was as sound as before, and as any other part of his body. This was a very astonishing miracle, that he should be at once smote with a leprosy; that this should be only in his hand, and not in any other part of his body; and that it should be cured immediately, without the use of any means; and by this miracle Moses, and the Israelites, might be instructed and confirmed in the power of God, that he…

Dictionary and topics

Call · .MOSES — .MOSES
Condescension Of God · Rea — Rea
Miracles · .Moses’ leprosy — .Moses’ leprosy
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Moses and Aaron: Hand healed — Moses and Aaron: Hand healed
Moses · ma — ma
Sign · .Moses — .Moses
Token · Miracles of Moses, of the divine authority of his missions — Miracles of Moses, of the divine authority of his missions

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 4:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:6

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:6

John Gill on Exodus 4:7

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 4:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:6

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:6

John Gill on Exodus 4:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 4:1-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 4:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 4:6

Rashi on Exodus 4:7