Exodus 9:18

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks to Moses to relay to Pharaoh, announcing a specific plague at a precise future moment in the ongoing confrontation.

The words — The Hebrew מַמְטִיר (mam.Tir) means [am] about to rain down, combined with כָּבֵד מְאֹד (ka.Ved me.'Od) for heavy very, stressing the unprecedented weight of the coming storm.

The thread — This exact temporal formula appears in 1 Kings 19:2 for a threat of severe punishment and in 1 Kings 20:6 for a threat to plunder royal stores.

Why it lands — The text states a fixed deadline and unmatched severity, requiring immediate action before the stated time passes.

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The Hebrew words

הִנְנִ֤יhi./Nihere/ I מַמְטִיר֙mam.Tir[am] about to rain down כָּעֵ֣תka./'Etabout <the>/ this time מָחָ֔רma.Chartomorrow בָּרָ֖דba.Radhail כָּבֵ֣דka.Vedheavy מְאֹ֑דme.'Odvery אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwhich לֹא־lo'-not הָיָ֤הha.Yahit has been כָמֹ֙הוּ֙kha.Mo./hulike/ it בְּמִצְרַ֔יִםbe./mitz.Ra.yimin/ Egypt לְמִן־le./min-<to>/ from הַיּ֥וֹםhai./Yomthe/ day הִוָּסְדָ֖הhi.va.se.Da/hwas founded/ it וְעַד־ve./'ad-and/ until עָֽתָּה׃'A.tahnow

King James Version

Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

Cross-references

Exodus 9:22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 19:2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
1 Kings 20:6 But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
2 Kings 7:1 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
Psalms 83:15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
2 Kings 7:18 It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”