Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213 [e] וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ way-ya-‘ă-śū- And did Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case adj 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable 2a) right, just, honest 2b) correct 2c) true, veritable 2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)">3651 [e] כֵן֩ ḵên so Adv 1) the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus">4872 [e] מֹשֶׁ֨ה mō-šeh Moses N-proper-ms 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest">175 [e] וְאַהֲרֹ֜ן wə-’a-hă-rōn and Aaron Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ ka-’ă-šer just as Prep-k | Pro-r 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge, command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be commanded">6680 [e] צִוָּ֣ה ṣiw-wāh commanded V-Piel-Perf-3ms 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136">3068 [e] יְהוָ֗ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be high, be set on high 1a2) to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted 1a3) to be lifted, rise 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up 1b2) to lift up, raise, exalt 1b3) to exalt, extol 1c) (Polal) to be lifted up 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high 1d2) to lift up (and take away), remove 1d3) to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute 1e) (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished 1f) (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself 2) (Qal) to be rotten, be wormy">7311 [e] וַיָּ֤רֶם way-yā-rem so he lifted up Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)">4294 [e] בַּמַּטֶּה֙ bam-maṭ-ṭeh the rod Prep-b, Art | N-ms 1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten 1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust 1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast) 1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage 1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy 1d) (Hophal) to be smitten 1d1) to receive a blow 1d2) to be wounded 1d3) to be beaten 1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain 1d5) to be attacked and captured 1d6) to be smitten (with disease) 1d7) to be blighted (of plants)">5221 [e] וַיַּ֤ךְ way-yaḵ and struck Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)">4325 [e] הַמַּ֙יִם֙ ham-ma-yim the waters Art | N-mp 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֣ר ’ă-šer that Pro-r 1a) stream, river (Nile) 1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals 1c) watercourses 1d) shafts (mining) 1e) river (in general)">2975 [e] בַּיְאֹ֔ר bay-’ōr, [were] in the Nile Prep-b, Art | N-proper-fs 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain">5869 [e] לְעֵינֵ֣י lə-‘ê-nê in the sight Prep-l | N-cdc 1) the common title of the king of Egypt">6547 [e] פַרְעֹ֔ה p̄ar-‘ōh, of Pharaoh N-proper-ms 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain">5869 [e] וּלְעֵינֵ֖י ū-lə-‘ê-nê and in the sight Conj-w, Prep-l | N-cdc 1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)">5650 [e] עֲבָדָ֑יו ‘ă-ḇā-ḏāw; of his servants N-mpc | 3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone">2015 [e] וַיֵּהָֽפְכ֛וּ way-yê-hā-p̄ə-ḵū and were turned Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything">3605 [e] כָּל־ kāl- all N-msc 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)">4325 [e] הַמַּ֥יִם ham-ma-yim the waters Art | N-mp 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- that Pro-r 1a) stream, river (Nile) 1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals 1c) watercourses 1d) shafts (mining) 1e) river (in general)">2975 [e] בַּיְאֹ֖ר bay-’ōr [were] in the Nile Prep-b, Art | N-proper-fs 1a) of wine (fig.)">1818 [e] לְדָֽם׃ lə-ḏām. to blood Prep-l | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
So Moses and Aaron did even as the LORD had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.

King James Bible
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, he raised the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile was turned to blood.

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Exodus 17:5,6,9-12 And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with …

Numbers 20:8-12 Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron …

all the waters. As the Nile was held sacred by the Egyptians, as well as the animals it contained, to which they annually sacrificed a girl, or as others say, both a boy and girl, God might have designed this plague as a punishment for such idolatry and cruelty; and to shew them the baseness of those elements which they reverenced, and the insufficiency of the gods in which they trusted. All the punishments brought upon them bore a strict analogy to their crimes.

Genesis 7:17,18 And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, …

Psalm 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they …

Psalm 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

John 2:9-11 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, …

Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning …

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