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Exodus 5:21-23

21And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto them, Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068lookיֵ֧רֶאYe.re'H7200upon you, and judgeוְיִשְׁפֹּ֑טve.yish.PotH8199;because ye have made our savourרֵיחֵ֗נוּrei.Che.nuH7381to be abhorredהִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣םhiv.'ash.TemH887in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֤יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Pharaohפַרְעֹה֙far.'OhH6547,and in the eyesוּבְעֵינֵ֣יu.ve.'ei.NeiH5869of his servantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650,to putלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414a swordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719in their handבְּיָדָ֖םbe.ya.DamH3027to slayלְהָרְגֵֽנוּ׃le.ha.re.Ge.nuH2026us.

22And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872returnedוַיָּ֧שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725unto Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Lordאֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.NaiH136, wherefore hast thou soevil entreatedהֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙ha.re.'O.tahH7489this peopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971? why is it thatthou hast sentשְׁלַחְתָּֽנִי׃she.lach.Ta.niH7971me?

23For since I cameבָּ֤אתִיBa.tiH935to Pharaohפַּרְעֹה֙par.'OhH6547to speakלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696in thy nameבִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָbish.Me.khaH8034,he hath done evilהֵרַ֖עhe.Ra'H7489to this peopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971;neither hast thou deliveredוְהַצֵּ֥לve.ha.TzelH5337thy peopleעַמֶּֽךָ׃'a.Me.khaH5971at allהִצַּ֖לְתָּhi.Tzal.taH5337.

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