Exodus 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.”

Exodus 5:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:413 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron

תַּפְרִיעוּtap̄ərîʿûLoosen

אֶתʾet—

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

מִמַּעֲשָׂיוmimaʿăśāywFrom action

לְכוּləḵûWalk

לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶםləsivəlōtêḵemTo porterage

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

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