21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 8:21:1 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor Exodus 8:21:2 ⧉אִם־אֵינְךָ֮imeinkhaif you are not Exodus 8:21:3 ⧉מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַmeshalleakhletting go Exodus 8:21:4 ⧉אֶת־עַמִּי֒etammimy people Exodus 8:21:5 ⧉הִנְנִי֩hinnibehold, I Exodus 8:21:6 ⧉מַשְׁלִ֨יחַmashliakhsending Exodus 8:21:7 ⧉בְּךָ֜bekhaupon you Exodus 8:21:8 ⧉וּבַעֲבָדֶ֧יךָuvaavadekhaand upon your servants Exodus 8:21:9 ⧉וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֛uveammekhaand upon your people Exodus 8:21:10 ⧉וּבְבָתֶּ֖יךָuvevatekhaand in your houses Exodus 8:21:11 ⧉אֶת־הֶעָרֹ֑בethearovthe swarm of flies Exodus 8:21:12 ⧉וּמָלְא֨וּumaluwill be filled Exodus 8:21:13 ⧉בָּתֵּ֤יbateihouses of Exodus 8:21:14 ⧉מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitsrayimEgypt Exodus 8:21:15 ⧉אֶת־הֶ֣עָרֹ֔בethearovthe swarm of flies Exodus 8:21:16 ⧉וְגַ֥םvegamand also Exodus 8:21:17 ⧉הָאֲדָמָ֖הhaadamathe ground Exodus 8:21:18 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֥םasherhemwhere they are Exodus 8:21:19 ⧉עָלֶֽיהָ׃alehaupon it |
21. Formal Translation For if you do not release my people, behold, I {Yahweh, Righteous Judge} will send upon you, your servants, your people, and your houses the swarm, and the houses of Egypt will be filled with it, even the ground on which they stand. |
21. Dynamic Translation If you do not let my people go, then I {Yahweh, Divine Enforcer} will send swarms on you, your officials, your people, and your homes. The houses of Egypt will be packed with them, and even the land they stand on will be covered. |