Exodus 11:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה לְמַ֛עַן רְב֥וֹת מוֹפְתַ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer YHWH to-Mōšeh not-yišmaʿ to-ʾălêḵem Parʿōh to-maʿan rəḇôṯ môp̄əṯay in-ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
*Mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
*yišmaʿ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will hear/listen
*ʾălêḵem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you
*Parʿōh*: proper name - Pharaoh
*maʿan*: conjunction - in order that/so that
*rəḇôṯ*: qal infinitive construct - to multiply/increase
*môp̄əṯay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st singular suffix - my wonders/signs
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*Miṣrāyim*: proper name - Egypt

Word Meanings

*yišmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
*rəḇôṯ*: multiply/increase/be many
*môp̄əṯay*: my wonders/signs/miracles

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Referenced Verses

Exod 7:3-4 : 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Exod 10:1 : 1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
Exod 3:19 : 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
Rom 9:16-18 : 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth. 18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

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Exod 10:1-3
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1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
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