Exodus 10:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה שָׂ֣א נָ֤א חַטָּאתִי֙ אַ֣ךְ הַפַּ֔עַם וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְיָסֵר֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י רַ֖ק אֶת־הַמָּ֥וֶת הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattāh śāʾ nāʾ ḥaṭṭāʾtî ʾak ha-paʿam wə-haʿtîrû la-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem wə-yāsēr mē-ʿālay raq ʾet-ha-māwet ha-zeh

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
*śāʾ*: Qal imperative masculine singular - lift/carry/forgive
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
*ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: noun feminine singular with 1st common singular suffix - my sin
*ʾak*: adverb - only/surely
*ha-paʿam*: definite article + noun feminine singular - this time
*wə-haʿtîrû*: conjunction + Hiphil imperative masculine plural - and pray/entreat
*la-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - to YHWH
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
*wə-yāsēr*: conjunction + Hiphil jussive 3rd masculine singular - that he may remove
*mē-ʿālay*: preposition + preposition with 1st common singular suffix - from upon me
*raq*: adverb - only
*ʾet-ha-māwet*: direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine singular - the death
*ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this

Word Meanings

*śāʾ*: lift/carry/forgive/bear/take away
*haʿtîrû*: pray/entreat/intercede
*māwet*: death/plague/disaster

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 8:8 : 8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah.
Exod 9:28 : 28 Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of [these] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
1 Kgs 13:6 : 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God entreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
2 Kgs 4:40 : 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
Isa 26:16 : 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.
Acts 8:24 : 24 And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
2 Cor 1:10 : 10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
1 Sam 15:25 : 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 10:16
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18And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.
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8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah.
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