Berean Standard Bible

Exodus 9:1-4

1Then the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872, “Goבֹּ֖אbo'H935toאֶל־'el-H413Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547and tell himוְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ve.di.bar.TaH1696thatאֵלָ֗יו'e.LavH413this is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of the Hebrewsהָֽעִבְרִ֔יםha.'iv.RimH5680,saysאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559: ‘Let My peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971goשַׁלַּ֥חsha.LachH7971אֶת־'et-H853,so that they may worship Meוְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ve.Ya.'av.Du.niH5647.

2Butכִּ֛יkiH3588ifאִם־'im-H518youאַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH859continueוְעוֹדְךָ֖ve.'od.KhaH5750to restrainמַחֲזִ֥יקma.cha.ZikH2388themand refuseמָאֵ֥ןma.'EnH3986to let them goלְשַׁלֵּ֑חַle.sha.Le.achH7971,

3thenהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009the handיַד־yad-H3027of the LORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068will bringהוֹיָ֗הho.YahH1961a severeכָּבֵ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃ka.Ved me.'OdH3515 H3966plagueדֶּ֖בֶרDe.verH1698on your livestockבְּמִקְנְךָ֙be.mik.ne.ChaH4735אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704—on your horsesבַּסּוּסִ֤יםba.su.SimH5483,donkeysבַּֽחֲמֹרִים֙ba.cha.mo.RimH2543,camelsבַּגְּמַלִּ֔יםba.ge.ma.LimH1581,herdsבַּבָּקָ֖רba.ba.KarH1241,and flocksוּבַצֹּ֑אןu.va.TzonH6629.

4But the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will make a distinctionוְהִפְלָ֣הve.hif.LahH6395betweenבֵּ֚יןbeinH996the livestockמִקְנֵ֣הmik.NehH4735of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבֵ֖יןYis.ra.'El u.VeinH3478 H996and the livestockמִקְנֵ֣הmik.NehH4735of Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,so that noוְלֹ֥א דָּבָֽר׃ve.Lo' da.VarH3808 H1697animalbelonging toמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605the Israelitesלִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לliv.Nei Yis.ra.'ElH1121 H3478will dieיָמ֛וּתya.MutH4191.’”

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