Exodus 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.”
Exodus 5:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 5:118 words
וְאַחַרwəʾaḥarAnd the hind part
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
שַׁלַּחšalaḥSend
אֶתʾet—
עַמִּיʿamîPeople
וְיָחֹגּוּwəyāḥōgûAnd move in a circle
לִיlîTo
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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