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Exodus 10:3-6

3And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872and Aaronוְאַהֲרֹן֮ve.'a.ha.RonH175came inוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935unto Pharaohפַּרְעֹה֒par.'OhH6547,and saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him, Thus saithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of the Hebrewsהָֽעִבְרִ֔יםha.'iv.RimH5680,How longמָתַ֣יma.TaiH4970wilt thou refuseמֵאַ֔נְתָּme.'An.taH3985to humbleלֵעָנֹ֖תle.'a.NotH6031thyself beforeמִפָּנָ֑יmi.pa.NaiH6440me? let my peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971goשַׁלַּ֥חsha.LachH7971,that they may serveוְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ve.Ya.'av.Du.niH5647me.

4Elseכִּ֛יkiH3588,if thou refuseמָאֵ֥ןma.'EnH3986to let my peopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971goלְשַׁלֵּ֣חַle.sha.Le.achH7971,behold, to morrowמָחָ֛רma.CharH4279will I bringמֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'H935the locustsאַרְבֶּ֖ה'ar.BehH697into thy coastבִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ׃big.vu.Le.khaH1366:

5And they shall coverוְכִסָּה֙ve.khi.SahH3680the faceעֵ֣ין'einH5869of the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,that one cannot be ableיוּכַ֖לyu.KhalH3201to seeלִרְאֹ֣תlir.'OtH7200the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:and they shall eatוְאָכַ֣ל׀ve.'a.KhalH398the residueיֶ֣תֶרYe.terH3499of that which is escapedהַפְּלֵטָ֗הha.pe.le.TahH6413,which remainethהַנִּשְׁאֶ֤רֶתha.nish.'E.retH7604unto you from the hailהַבָּרָ֔דha.ba.RadH1259,and shall eatוְאָכַל֙ve.'a.KhalH398every treeהָעֵ֔ץha.'EtzH6086which growethהַצֹּמֵ֥חַha.tzo.Me.achH6779for you out of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704:

6And they shall fillוּמָלְא֨וּu.mal.'UH4390thy housesבָתֶּ֜יךָva.Tei.khaH1004,and the housesוּבָתֵּ֣יu.va.TeiH1004of all thy servantsעֲבָדֶיךָ֮'a.va.dei.KhaH5650,and the housesוּבָתֵּ֣יu.va.TeiH1004of all the EgyptiansH4714;which neither thy fathersאֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙'a.vo.Tei.khaH1,nor thy fathers’וַאֲב֣וֹתva.'a.VotH1fathersאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1have seenרָא֤וּra.'UH7200,since the dayמִיּ֗וֹםmi.YomH3117that they were upon the earthהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127unto this dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117.And he turnedוַיִּ֥פֶןvai.Yi.fenH6437himself, and went outוַיֵּצֵ֖אvai.ye.Tze'H3318from Pharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547.

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