Exodus 10:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י פַרְעֹ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו עַד־מָתַי֙ יִהְיֶ֨ה זֶ֥ה לָ֙נוּ֙ לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְיַֽעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם הֲטֶ֣רֶם תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֥י אָבְדָ֖ה מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmərû ʿabdê parʿōh ʾēlāyw ʿad-mātay yihyeh zeh lānû lə-môqēš šallaḥ ʾet-hā-ʾănāšîm wə-yaʿabdû ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêhem hă-ṭerem tēdaʿ kî ʾābdāh miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
*ʿabdê*: noun masculine plural construct - servants of
*parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*ʿad-mātay*: preposition + interrogative - until when/how long
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun - this
*lānû*: preposition with 1st common plural suffix - to us
*lə-môqēš*: preposition + noun masculine singular - for a snare/trap
*šallaḥ*: Piel imperative masculine singular - send away
*ʾet-hā-ʾănāšîm*: direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine plural - the men
*wə-yaʿabdû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - that they may serve
*ʾet-YHWH*: direct object marker + proper noun - YHWH
*ʾĕlōhêhem*: noun masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their God
*hă-ṭerem*: interrogative + adverb - do you not yet
*tēdaʿ*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - know
*kî*: conjunction - that
*ʾābdāh*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - has perished
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*môqēš*: snare/trap/stumbling block
*ṭerem*: not yet/before/prior to
*ʾābdāh*: perished/destroyed/ruined

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:33 : 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Josh 23:13 : 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Isa 14:20 : 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Jer 48:4 : 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jer 51:8 : 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
1 Cor 7:35 : 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Prov 29:6 : 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Exod 8:19 : 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

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