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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 5:1Hebrew 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
לִיTo
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַחַרwəʾaḥarAnd the hind part
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
שַׁלַּחšalaḥSend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עַמִּיʿamîPeople
וְיָחֹגּוּwəyāḥōgûAnd move in a circle
לִיTo
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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