Exodus 8:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.”

Exodus 8:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 8:2811 words

וַיַּכְבֵּדwayaḵəbēdAnd be heavy

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾet—

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

גַּםgamAssemblage

בַּפַּעַםbapaʿamIn stroke

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

שִׁלַּחšilaḥSend

אֶתʾet—

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּכְבֵּדwayaḵəbēdAnd be heavy

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

גַּםgamAssemblage

בַּפַּעַםbapaʿamIn stroke

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

שִׁלַּחšilaḥSend

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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