Exodus 17:12
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”
עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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תַּחַת
under/ him
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תַּחַת
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
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יָד
hands/ his
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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כָּבֵד
were heavy
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כָּבֵד
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
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תָּמַךְ
they supported
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תָּמַךְ
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
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מֹשֶׁה
Moses
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מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
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