Exodus 7:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה רְאֵ֛ה נְתַתִּ֥יךָ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְפַרְעֹ֑ה וְאַהֲרֹ֥ן אָחִ֖יךָ יִהְיֶ֥ה נְבִיאֶֽךָ

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer YHWH unto-Mōšeh, rəʾēh nətattîkā ʾĕlōhîm to-Parʿōh and-ʾAhărōn ʾāḥîkā yihyeh nəḇîʾekā

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *rəʾēh*: qal imperative masculine singular - see/behold
• *nətattîkā*: qal perfect 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I have made you
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - god/deity/divine being
• *Parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *ʾāḥîkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
• *nəḇîʾekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your prophet

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/judges/divine being/mighty one
• *nəḇîʾekā*: your prophet/spokesperson/one who speaks on behalf of another

Referenced Verses

• Exod 4:15-16 : 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
• Ps 82:6 : 6 I have said{H8804)}, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
• Eccl 1:10 : 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
• Gen 19:21 : 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
• John 10:35-36 : 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
• Exod 16:29 : 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
• 1 Kgs 17:23 : 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
• 2 Kgs 6:32 : 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
• Jer 1:10 : 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.