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Exodus 7:3

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Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.	And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.	But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I will harden^H7185 Pharaoh's^H6547 heart^H3820, and multiply^H7235 my signs^H226 and my wonders^H4159 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

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Original Hebrew

וַאֲנִי אַקְשֶׁה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶת־אֹתֹתַי וְאֶת־מֹופְתַי בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/אֲנִ֥י	va./'a.Ni	H589	HC/Pp1cs	and/ I
אַקְשֶׁ֖ה	'ak.Sheh	H7185	HVhi1cs	I will make stubborn
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
לֵ֣ב	lev	H3820	HNcmsc	(the) heart of
פַּרְעֹ֑ה	par.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
וְ/הִרְבֵּיתִ֧י	ve./hir.bei.Ti	H7235	HC/Vhq1cs	and/ I will multiply
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֹתֹתַ֛/י	'o.to.Ta/i	H226	HNcbpc/Sp1cs	signs/ my
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
מוֹפְתַ֖/י	mof.Ta/i	H4159	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	wonders/ my
בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ	be./'E.retz	H776	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) land of
מִצְרָֽיִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H226 — אוֹת (ʼôwth, oth): probably from אוּת (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.; mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H4159 — מוֹפֵת (môwphêth, mo-faith'): or מֹפֵת; from יָפָה in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication, a token or omen; miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H7185 — קָשָׁה (qâshâh, kaw-shaw'): a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications); be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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