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Exodus 8:23

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Exodus 8:19.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…פְדֻ֔תfedutdivisionפְּדוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “division”, the ordinary formH6304distinction; also deliverancedivision, redeem, redemption.בֵּ֥יןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.עַמִּ֖יamipeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.וּבֵ֣יןuveynand betweenבֵּיןconjunction, preposition — “and between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.עַמֶּ֑ךָamekhapeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.לְמָחָ֥רlemacharto tomorrowמָחָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to tomorrow”, the ordinary formH4279properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereaftertime to come, tomorrow.יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הָאֹ֥תhaotthe markאוֹתdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the mark”, the ordinary formH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.הַזֶּֽהhazehthe the one...the otherזֶהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(8-19) And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be.

Young’s Literal Translation

and I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.'

World English Bible

I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign shall happen by tomorrow.”’”

Darby Translation

And I will put a separation between my people and thy people; to-morrow shall this sign be.

Douay-Rheims

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(8-19) And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will put a difference between my people and thy people, and on the morrow shall this be on the land. And the Lord did thus.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ δώσω διαστολὴν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἐμοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σου λαοῦ· ἐν δὲ τῇ αὔριον ἔσται τοῦτο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.