9:7 Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate,16 and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard,17 and he did not release the people.
tnHeb “Pharaoh sent.” The phrase “representatives to investigate” is implied in the context.
17
tnHeb “and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened.” This phrase translates the Hebrew word כָּבֵד (kaved; see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 53). In context this represents the continuation of a prior condition.