Exodus 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.”

Exodus 5:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:219 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

מִיmîWho?

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֶשְׁמַעʾešəmaʿHear

בְּקֹלוֹbəqōlwōIn voice

לְשַׁלַּחləšalaḥTo send

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

אֲשַׁלֵּחַʾăšalēḥaSend

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

מִיmîWho?

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֶשְׁמַעʾešəmaʿHear

בְּקֹלוֹbəqōlwōIn voice

לְשַׁלַּחləšalaḥTo send

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

אֲשַׁלֵּחַʾăšalēḥaSend

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