15. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 9:15:1 ⧉כִּ֤יkifor Exodus 9:15:2 ⧉עַתָּה֙atanow Exodus 9:15:3 ⧉שָׁלַ֣חְתִּיshalakhtiI stretched out Exodus 9:15:4 ⧉אֶת־יָדִ֔יetyadimy hand Exodus 9:15:5 ⧉וָאַ֥ךְvaakh{And} I struck Exodus 9:15:6 ⧉אוֹתְךָ֛otkhayou Exodus 9:15:7 ⧉וְאֶֽת־עַמְּךָ֖veetammekhaand your people Exodus 9:15:8 ⧉בַּדָּ֑בֶרbadaverwith the pestilence Exodus 9:15:9 ⧉וַתִּכָּחֵ֖דvatikakhed{And} you would have been cut off Exodus 9:15:10 ⧉מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃minhaaretsfrom the earth |
15. Formal Translation For now I {Yahweh, Sovereign Judge} could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with the plague, and you would have been wiped out from the earth. |
15. Dynamic Translation By now I {Yahweh, Merciful Restraint} could have reached out with my hand and hit you and your people with a deadly plague, and you would have vanished from the earth. |