Exodus 7:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace, your bedroom, onto your bed, into your officials’ houses, among your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁרַ֣ץ הַיְאֹר֮ צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ וְעָלוּ֙ וּבָ֣אוּ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ וּבַחֲדַ֥ר מִשְׁכָּבְךָ֖ וְעַל־מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ וּבְבֵ֤ית עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וּבְעַמֶּ֔ךָ וּבְתַנּוּרֶ֖יךָ וּבְמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ

Transliteration

And-šāraṣ the-yəʾōr ṣəp̄ardəʿîm and-ʿālû and-ḇāʾû in-bêteḵā and-in-chamber-of miškāḇəkā and-upon-miṭṭāteḵā and-in-house-of ʿăḇāḏeykā and-in-ʿammeḵā and-in-tannûreykā and-in-mišʾărôteykā

Grammar Details

• *šāraṣ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - shall swarm
• *yəʾōr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the river/Nile
• *ṣəp̄ardəʿîm*: feminine plural noun - frogs
• *ʿālû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they shall come up
• *ḇāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they shall come
• *bêteḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your house
• *miškāḇəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your bedroom
• *miṭṭāteḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your bed
• *ʿăḇāḏeykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servants
• *ʿammeḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
• *tannûreykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your ovens
• *mišʾărôteykā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your kneading bowls

Word Meanings

• *šāraṣ*: swarm/teem/breed abundantly
• *ʿālû*: come up/ascend/climb
• *tannûreykā*: your ovens/furnaces/cooking places
• *mišʾărôteykā*: your kneading bowls/kneading troughs