7:9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Do15 a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down16 before Pharaoh,’ it will become17 a snake.”
tn The verb is תְּנוּ (ténu), literally “give.” The imperative is followed by an ethical dative that strengthens the subject of the imperative: “you give a miracle.”
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tnHeb “and throw it.” The direct object, “it,” is implied.
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tn The form is the jussive יְהִי (yéhi). Gesenius notes that frequently in a conditional clause, a sentence with a protasis and apodosis, the jussive will be used. Here it is in the apodosis (GKC323§109.h).