1.3 KiB
General Information:
God continues speaking to Moses.
unless his hand is forced
This can be stated in active form. The word "hand" is a metonym for the power of the owner of the hand. Possible meanings are 1) "only if he sees that he has no power to do anything else," where the "hand" belongs to Pharaoh; where the "hand" belongs to Yahweh, 2) "only if I force him to let you go" or 3) "not even if I force him to let you go." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
I will reach out with my hand and attack
Here "hand" refers to God's power. AT: "I will powerfully attack" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
will not go empty-handed
The word here "empty-handed" is used to emphasize the opposite meaning. AT: "will go with your hands full of good things" or "will go with many valuable things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives)
any women staying in her neighbors' houses
"any Egyptian woman staying in the houses of her Egyptian neighbors"