{Into the sea} (eis t(886e) thalassan). Like the first
Egyptian plague ( Ex 7:12-41 ) though only the Nile affected
then. {Blood as of a dead man} (haima h(9373) nekrou). At the
trumpet ( 8:11 ) the water becomes wormwood. Here h(9373) nekrou is
added to  Ex 7:19 , "the picture of a murdered man weltering in
his blood" (Swete). "Coagulated blood, fatal to animal life"
(Moffatt). {Every living soul} (p(8373)a psuch(8820)z(9388)s). "Every soul
of life" (Hebraism,  Ge 1:21 , marked by life). {Even the things
that were in the sea} (	a en t(8869) thalass(8869)). "The things in the
sea," in apposition with psuch(885c). Complete destruction, not
partial as in  8:9 .