frog
tse.phar.de.a denotes the creatures that swarm from the Nile, enter Egypt, and are later removed or recalled as ruinous.
The term consistently denotes the creatures involved in the Egyptian outbreak: they swarm from the Nile, enter houses and other places, are requested to be removed, and are later recalled as filling the land and bringing ruin.
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Creatures in the Egyptian outbreak · dominant
The plural form names the creatures that swarm from the Nile and enter houses, bedrooms, ovens, and kneading bowls in Exodus 8:3; in Exodus 8:8 Pharaoh asks that they be removed from himself and his people. Psalm 105:30 recalls that their land swarmed with them in the chambers of kings, while Psalm 78:45 places the singular form in a recollection that they ruined the people.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as “frogs,” including creatures that swarm, come up, are removed, and bring ruin. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, that English wording confirms the scene without defining each form independently.