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Exodus 4:21 הַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ the wonders

The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

Here: Striking acts that show who stands behind the messenger. They are not just amazing events; they are proof that the message is real and a warning of what is coming.

Exodus 7:3 מוֹפְתַ֖י wonders my

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

Here: A portent is a startling, extraordinary event that shows power and warns of what is coming. In Exodus these are mostly the destructive plagues, not pleasant marvels.

Exodus 7:9 מוֹפֵ֑ת a wonder

“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

Exodus 11:9 מוֹפְתַ֖י wonders my

The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Here: “My portents”: extraordinary events that point beyond themselves, here as proof of YHWH's power and as warning-judgments on Egypt. The word refers back to the whole plague series.

Exodus 11:10 הַמֹּפְתִ֥ים the wonders

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Deuteronomy 4:34 וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים and by wonders

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Here: 'And by wonders / portents': startling events that serve as omens or proofs. 'Signs and wonders' is a fixed pair in Deuteronomy for the Exodus.

Deuteronomy 6:22 וּ֠מֹפְתִים and wonders

Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.

Deuteronomy 7:19 וְהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ and the wonders

the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

Here: Startling, extraordinary events taken as omens. Paired with 'signs' in a fixed formula for the exodus events.

Deuteronomy 13:1 מוֹפֵֽת׃ a wonder

If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

Here: 'A portent,' an omen or warning event that points to something still to come. Together with 'sign' it echoes the phrase Deuteronomy uses for God's own deeds in the Exodus.

Deuteronomy 13:2 וְהַמּוֹפֵ֔ת and the wonder

and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”

Deuteronomy 26:8 וּבְמֹפְתִֽים׃ and by wonders

Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

Here: "And by portents." These are startling events that announce or warn of something. Paired with 'signs,' the two words together are the stock phrase for the plagues in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 28:46 וּלְמוֹפֵ֑ת and <into> a wonder

These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.

Deuteronomy 29:3 וְהַמֹּפְתִ֛ים and the wonders

You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.

Deuteronomy 34:11 וְהַמּוֹפְתִ֗ים and the wonders

no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,

1 Kings 13:3 מוֹפֵת֙ הַמּוֹפֵ֔ת a sign, [is] the sign

That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”

1 Kings 13:5 כַּמּוֹפֵ֗ת according to the sign

And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 16:12 מֹפְתָ֖יו wonders his

Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

Here: A wonder seen as a sign that points beyond itself, often a warning or proof of who God is. In the Exodus story it is the regular word for the plagues sent on Pharaoh.

2 Chronicles 32:24 וּמוֹפֵ֖ת and a sign

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

Here: A striking, out-of-the-ordinary event that serves as proof or guarantee. The word is placed first in its clause, which puts the stress on it: 'and a portent he gave him.' Kings identifies it as the shadow going back ten steps (2 Kgs 20:8–11).

2 Chronicles 32:31 הַמּוֹפֵת֙ the sign

And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Here: "The sign." It refers back to v. 24, where God gave the sick Hezekiah a mofet. Kings and Isaiah describe it as the shadow going backward on the steps (2 Kgs 20:8–11; Isa 38:7–8).

Nehemiah 9:10 וּמֹֽפְתִ֜ים and wonders

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

Here: "And portents": startling events that act as warnings or proofs. Paired with "signs," it makes the fixed phrase Israel always used for the Exodus plagues.

Psalm 71:7 כְּ֭מוֹפֵת like a portent

I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

Here: A mofet is an event or person that points beyond itself, usually to what God is doing. Elsewhere it is often a warning sign of judgment. The prefix kə- ('like, as') means he is *treated as* such a sign. He is looked at and read as a message.

Psalm 78:43 וּ֝מוֹפְתָ֗יו and wonders his

when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

Psalm 105:5 מֹ֝פְתָ֗יו signs his

Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

Here: 'His portents': striking events that point beyond themselves, as warning or proof. In the Torah it is the standard word in 'signs and wonders' for the plagues on Egypt, and Psalm 105:27 uses it of exactly those.

Psalm 105:27 וּ֝מֹפְתִ֗ים and wonders

They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Here: 'And wonders.' A mofet is a startling event that serves as a portent or proof. It pairs with 'sign' in the fixed phrase 'signs and wonders,' the standard Hebrew shorthand for the Exodus plagues, split here across the two lines of the verse.

Psalm 135:9 וּ֭מֹפְתִים and wonders

He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

Isaiah 8:18 וּלְמוֹפְתִ֖ים and for portents

Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Here: 'And for portents': living omens of what is coming. Isaiah uses the same word in 20:3, where he walks stripped and barefoot as an omen of Egypt's defeat. The word does not mean miracles performed by the children.

Isaiah 20:3 וּמוֹפֵ֔ת and a portent

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

Here: A startling token that foreshadows what is coming, usually something ominous. It is not necessarily a miracle. Paired with 'sign', it echoes the 'signs and wonders' God once worked against Egypt in the exodus.

Jeremiah 32:20 וּמֹפְתִ֤ים and wonders

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.

Here: "And portents": startling demonstrations that act as warnings or omens. Paired with "signs", it forms the standard phrase for the Exodus plagues.

Jeremiah 32:21 וּבְמוֹפְתִ֗ים and by wonders

You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Here: 'And by portents': startling events that serve as warnings or demonstrations. Paired with 'signs' in a fixed phrase meaning the whole run of extraordinary acts against Egypt.

Ezekiel 12:6 מוֹפֵ֥ת a sign

And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 12:11 מֽוֹפֶתְכֶ֑ם [am] sign your

You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.

Ezekiel 24:24 לְמוֹפֵ֔ת <into> a sign

‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

Here: 'For a portent.' Ezekiel's behaviour is a living preview of a disaster still to come, and a pledge that it will come. It is not a miracle and not just an illustration.

Ezekiel 24:27 לְמוֹפֵ֔ת <into> a sign

On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

Joel 2:30 מֽוֹפְתִ֔ים wonders

I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

Here: Not pleasant marvels but omens: visible events that point past themselves to something coming. The word recalls the 'signs and wonders' God did against Egypt, so the hearer expects divine action that is frightening for some and rescuing for others.

Zechariah 3:8 מוֹפֵ֖ת sign

Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.

Here: A visible event or person that points to something God will do. 'Men of portent' means that the restored priesthood is itself a living pledge of what is about to come, the Sprout.