Hebrew · H3856, H776, H4714 · unreviewed

וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

To be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish · the earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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לָהַהּ H3856 to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish
Pronunciation lāhah
Frenzied madness that exhausts into languid weakness; intensity collapsing into depletion.
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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מִצְרַיִם H4714 Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Pronunciation miṣĕrayim
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What does וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם (vatelah erets Mitsrayim) mean in the Bible?

לָהַהּ · אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew word meaning "the land of Egypt languished".

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Meaning

the land of Egypt languished
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