Revised Literal Translation

Exodus 5:1-3

1And afterwardוְאַחַ֗רve.'a.CharH310Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872and Aaronוְאַהֲרֹ֔ןve.'a.ha.RonH175went inבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935,and toldוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547,Thus saithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Let my peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971goשַׁלַּח֙sha.LachH7971,that they may hold a feastוְיָחֹ֥גּוּve.ya.Cho.guH2287unto me in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

2And Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Who isYhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,that I should obeyאֶשְׁמַ֣ע'esh.Ma'H8085his voiceבְּקֹל֔וֹbe.ko.LoH6963to let Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478goלְשַׁלַּ֖חle.sha.LachH7971?I knowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045not Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,neither will I let Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478goאֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃'a.sha.Le.achH7971.

3And they saidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559,The Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of the Hebrewsהָעִבְרִ֖יםha.'iv.RimH5680hath metנִקְרָ֣אnik.Ra'H7122with us: let us goH3212,we pray thee, threeשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969days’יָמִ֜יםya.MimH3117journeyדֶּרֶךְ֩de.reKhH1870into the desertבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057,and sacrificeוְנִזְבְּחָה֙ve.niz.be.ChahH2076unto Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430;lest he fallיִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּyif.ga.'E.nuH6293upon us with pestilenceבַּדֶּ֖בֶרba.De.verH1698,or with the swordבֶחָֽרֶב׃ve.Cha.revH2719.

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