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Exodus 9:1 open_in_new
the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10.
Thus saith the LORD God (Hebrew. Jehovah. Elohim) of the, Hebrews. Occurs only three times, Exodus 9:1; Exodus 9:13 and Exodus 10:3.
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Exodus 9:3 open_in_new
hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6). Also Metonymy (of Cause), "hand" being put for the judgments inflicted by it.
in the field. The cattle, &c., were in the field in the spring and early summer.
upon. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and upon".
murrain, or pestilence. See Exodus 9:15.
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Exodus 9:4 open_in_new
children. sons.
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Exodus 9:6 open_in_new
all the cattle. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6. all kinds of cattle.
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Exodus 9:7 open_in_new
Israelites. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and Septuagint, read "sons of Israel".
hardened. See note on Exodus 4:2.
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Exodus 9:9 open_in_new
man. Hebrew. 'adam, with art.. mankind.
beast. Other than those "in the field", Exodus 9:3.
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Exodus 9:10 open_in_new
ashes of the furnace: i.e. one of the altars on which human sacrifices were sometimes offered to propitiate their god Typhon (i.e. the Evil Principle). These were doubtless being offered to avert the plagues, and Moses, using the ashes in the same way, produced an- other plague instead of averting it.
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Exodus 9:11 open_in_new
Egyptians. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all the land of Egypt".
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Exodus 9:12 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Exodus 9:14 open_in_new
upon. into.
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Exodus 9:16 open_in_new
raised thee up. made thee to stand, i.e., with Septuagint, "preserved thee "through all the plagues and till the end.
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Exodus 9:17 open_in_new
As yet... ? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6).
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Exodus 9:18 open_in_new
hail. Plague directed against Isis and Osiris. See Exodus 12:12.
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Exodus 9:19 open_in_new
and shall not be brought home. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6).
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Exodus 9:24 open_in_new
mingled. catching hold of itself like. chain.
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Exodus 9:25 open_in_new
all the land. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6. all parts of it.
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Exodus 9:27 open_in_new
sinned. Hebrew. chat'a. See App-44.
righteous. the righteous One.
wicked. wicked ones. Hebrew. rash`a. See App-44.
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Exodus 9:28 open_in_new
mighty thunderings. Hebrew "voices of Elohim ". a strong superlative.
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Exodus 9:31 open_in_new
Note the Introversion in this verse.. flax. These ripened in middle of February or. barley. early. in March. Israel left early in. barley. April.. flax
boiled. A word of Scandinavian origin, like bulged, i.e. swelled, or ripe. But Hebrew. blossom, i.e. the cap: sules formed. True to the seasons in Egypt to this day.
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Exodus 9:35 open_in_new
spoken. Compare Exodus 4:2.
by Moses. Lit, by the hand of Moses. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct): hand being put for instrumentality.
The eighth plague was directed against the god Serapis, who was supposed to protect the land from locusts. They came at Moses' bidding, and retired only at his bidding. Thus the impotence of Serapis was manifest.