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לֹֽא־רָא֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אָחִ֗יו וְלֹא־קָ֛מוּ אִ֥ישׁ מִתַּחְתָּ֖יו שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וּֽלְכָל־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָ֥יָה אֹ֖ור בְּמֹושְׁבֹתָֽם׃ (Exodus 10:23) They did not see a man his brother, and they did not rise a man from beneath him for three days; but for all the sons of Yisraʾel there was light in their dwellings. Exodus 10:23 records the ninth plague, the plague of darkness, with extraordinary grammatical economy. The verse is built on a carefully structured sequence of negations, distributive expressions, and a final adversative contrast.… Learn Hebrew