Exodus 8:9

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֣ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Pharaoh	לְפַרְעֹה֮ le.far.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · preposition + noun, masculine singular absolute
Glory	הִתְפָּאֵ֣ר hit.pa.'Er	H6286	to gleam · verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
when	לְמָתַ֣י le.ma.Tai	H4970	properly · preposition + interrogative particle
intreat	אַעְתִּ֣יר 'a'.Tir	H6279	to burn incense in worship · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular
servants	וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ ve.la.'a.va.Dei.kha	H5650	a servant · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
people	וּֽלְעַמְּךָ֔ u.le.'a.me.Kha	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
destroy	לְהַכְרִית֙ le.hakh.Rit	H3772	to cut (off · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
frogs	הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים ha.tza.far.de.'Im	H6854	a marsh-leaper · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
houses	וּמִבָּתֶּ֑יךָ u.mib.ba.Tei.kha	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
remain	תִּשָּׁאַֽרְנָה ti.sha.'Ar.nah	H7604	properly · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural
river	בַּיְאֹ֖ר bay.'Or	H2975	a channel · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name

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

Judges 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt…
1 Kings 18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name…
Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod sho…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:1-15

Pharaoh is here first threatened and then plagued with frogs, as afterwards, in this chapter, with lice and flies, little despicable inconsiderable animals, and yet by their vast numbers rendered sore plagues to the Egyptians. God could have plagued them with lions, or bears, or wolves, or with vultures or other birds of prey; but he chose to do it by these contemptible instruments. 1. That he might magnify his own power. He is Lord of the hosts of the whole creation, has them all at his beck, and makes what use he pleases of them. Some have thought that the power of God is shown as much in the making of an ant as in the making of an elephant; so is his providence in serving his own purposes…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:8

Pharaoh called, . . . Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me--The frog, which was now used as an instrument of affliction, whether from reverence or abhorrence, was an object of national superstition with the Egyptians, the god Ptha being represented with a frog's head. But the vast numbers, together with their stench, made them an intolerable nuisance so that the king was so far humbled as to promise that, if Moses would intercede for their removal, he would consent to the departure of Israel, and in compliance with this appeal, they were withdrawn at the very hour named by the monarch himself. But many, while suffering the consequences of their sins, make promises of ame…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:9

Glory over me - התפאר עלי hithpaer alai. These words have greatly puzzled commentators in general; and it is not easy to assign their true meaning. The Septuagint render the words thus: Ταξαι προς με ποτε, etc., Appoint unto me when I shall pray, etc. The constitue mihi quando of the Vulgate is exactly the same; and in this sense almost all the versions understood this place. This countenances the conjectural emendation of Le Clerc, who, by the change of a single letter, reading התבאר hithbaer for התפאר hithpaer, gives the same sense as that in the ancient versions. Houbigant, supposing a corruption in the original, amends the reading thus: אתה באר עלי attah baar alai - Dic mihi quo tempore,…

Dictionary and topics

Frog — (Heb. tsepharde’a, meaning a “marsh-leaper”). This reptile is mentioned in the Old Testament only in connection with one of the plagues which fell on the land of Egypt (Ex. 8:2-14; Ps. 78:45;…
Nadab — Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with…
Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Frogs · Plague of — Plague of
Plague · .Frogs — .Frogs

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 8:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:8

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:9

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 8:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 8:8

Adam Clarke on Exodus 8:9

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 8:9

John Calvin on Exodus 8:8-15

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 8:7-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 8:9

Rashi on Exodus 8:8