Exodus 10:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־רָא֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אָחִ֗יו וְלֹא־קָ֛מוּ אִ֥ישׁ מִתַּחְתָּ֖יו שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וּֽלְכָל־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָ֥יָה א֖וֹר בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

lōʾ-rāʾû ʾîš ʾet-ʾāḥîw wə-lōʾ-qāmû ʾîš mi-taḥtāyw šəlōšet yāmîm û-lə-kol-bənê yiśrāʾēl hāyāh ʾôr bə-môšəbōtām

Grammar Details

*lōʾ-rāʾû*: negative particle + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they did not see
*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - a man/each
*ʾet-ʾāḥîw*: direct object marker + noun masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother
*wə-lōʾ-qāmû*: conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they did not rise
*mi-taḥtāyw*: preposition + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his place
*šəlōšet*: numeral feminine construct - three
*yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
*û-lə-kol-bənê*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular construct + noun masculine plural construct - but for all the children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hāyāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - there was
*ʾôr*: noun masculine singular - light
*bə-môšəbōtām*: preposition + noun feminine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their dwellings

Word Meanings

*ʾîš*: man/each one/each person
*mi-taḥtāyw*: from his place/from where he was/from under him
*môšəbōtām*: dwellings/habitations/settlements

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Referenced Verses

Exod 8:22 : 22 And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
Exod 9:4 : 4 And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.
Exod 9:26 : 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Exod 14:20 : 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
Josh 24:7 : 7 And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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