Exodus 8:30

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר

ʻâthar

H6279

“and · to pray”

Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

Appears 20× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 25:21

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root [rather denominative from H6281 ]

TWOT: 1722

to pray, entreat, supplicate - (Qal) to pray, entreat - (Niphal) to be supplicated, be entreated - (Hiphil) to make supplication, plead

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

7: words
7: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר to pray H6279 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר to pray H6279 occurs in 19 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
3 nouns
2 prepositions

Verb forms

וַיֵּצֵ֥א Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 9 words from the Hebrew and 10 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Exodus 8:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Exodus 8:12 Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
Exodus 9:33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
James 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 8:30 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיֵּצֵ֥א מֹשֶׁ֖ה מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל יְהוָֽה

Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 8:30 Septuagint · lemma form

And Moses went out from Pharao, and prayed to God.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Exodus 8:30 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Exo 8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

Ver. 30. Intreated the Lord.] {See Trapp on "Exo 8:12"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

30, 31. Cf. vv. 12, 13.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,.... As he did before, when he found the plague was removed, and the flies were gone:

neither would he let the people go; through pride and covetousness, being loath to have the number of those under his dominion so much diminished, and to lose so large a branch of his revenues arising from the labour of these people.

Next: Exodus Chapter 9

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

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Door43 World Missions Community

Pharaoh hardened his heart

Here "heart" refers to Pharaoh. See how you translated this in Exodus 7:13. AT: "Pharaoh became more defiant" (See: Synecdoche and Metaphor)

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heart

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Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 7 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻâthar (“to pray”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “to pray” (ʻâthar) shape what this verse is saying?
How does Genesis 25:21, which shares the word «to pray», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
«וַיֵּצֵ֥א» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.