Exodus 4:21

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• יְהוָה֮Yahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• מֹשֶׁה֒Moses

  moshehH4872 →765 times

• בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֙when going you

  belekhtekhaH1980 →1546 times

• לָשׁ֣וּבto return

  lashuvH7725 →1056 times

• מִצְרַ֔יְמָהEgypt towards

  mitzraymahH4714 →641 times

• רְאֵ֗הsee

  reehH7200 →1300 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• הַמֹּֽפְתִים֙the wonders

  hamofetimH4159 →36 times

• אֲשֶׁר־which

  ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

• שַׂ֣מְתִּיI have put

  samtiH7760 →584 times

• בְיָדֶ֔ךָin hand your

  veyadekhaH3027 →1618 times

• וַעֲשִׂיתָ֖םand you will do them

  vaasitamH6213 →2628 times

• לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

  lifneiH6440 →2123 times

• פַרְעֹ֑הPharaoh

  farohH6547 →274 times

• וַאֲנִי֙and I

  vaaniH589 →874 times

• אֲחַזֵּ֣קI will make strong

  ʾachazekH2388 →291 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• לִבּ֔וֹheart his

  liboH3820 →595 times

• וְלֹ֥אand not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• יְשַׁלַּ֖חhe will let go

  yeshalachH7971 →845 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• הָעָֽם׃the people

  haamH5971 →1873 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Romans 9:18

  Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

  it leads to

  • Joshua 11:20

    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Deuteronomy 2:30

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as…

    Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Romans 9:15–16

    For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

  • Romans 11:7–8

    What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12

    and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

• Through

  Joshua 11:20

  For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD…

  it leads to

  • Romans 9:18

    Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

  • Deuteronomy 20:16–17

    However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

• Through

  Isaiah 63:17

  Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 6:10

    Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”