Exodus 10:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yəḥazzēq YHWH ʾet-lēb parʿōh wə-lōʾ ʾābāh lə-šalləḥām

Grammar Details

*wa-yəḥazzēq*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he hardened
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾet-lēb*: direct object marker + noun masculine singular construct - the heart of
*parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and he did not
*ʾābāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was willing
*lə-šalləḥām*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to send them away

Word Meanings

*yəḥazzēq*: hardened/strengthened/made strong
*ʾābāh*: was willing/consented/agreed

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Referenced Verses

Exod 10:20 : 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
Exod 4:21 : 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Exod 14:4 : 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
Exod 14:8 : 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
Rev 9:20 : 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Exod 10:1 : 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 10:20
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20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
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