Revised Version 1895

Exodus 5:4-9

4And thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Whereforedoלָ֚מָּהLa.mahH4100ye,Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872andAaronוְאַהֲרֹ֔ןve.'a.ha.RonH175, loose thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971from theirworksמִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יוmi.ma.'a.SavH4639? getyouאֶת־'et-H853unto yourburdensלְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃le.siv.lo.tei.KhemH5450.

5AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהֵן־hen-H2005, thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776arenowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258manyרַבִּ֥יםra.BimH7227, and ye make them rest from theirburdensמִסִּבְלֹתָֽם׃mi.siv.lo.TamH5450.

6And thesameהַה֑וּאha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547commandedוַיְצַ֥וvay.TzavH6680thetaskmastersהַנֹּגְשִׂ֣יםha.no.ge.SimH5065of thepeopleבָּעָ֔םba.'AmH5971, and theirofficersשֹׁטְרָ֖יוsho.te.RavH7860,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

7Ye shallnoלֹ֣אlo'H3808moreתֹאסִפ֞וּןto.si.FunH3254giveלָתֵ֨תla.TetH5414thepeopleלָעָ֛םla.'AmH5971strawתֶּ֧בֶןTe.venH8401tomakeH5414brickהַלְּבֵנִ֖יםha.le.ve.NimH3843, as heretofore:letH5414them go and gatherstrawתֶּֽבֶן׃Te.venH8401forthemselvesהֵ֚םhemH1992.

8And the tale of thebricksהַלְּבֵנִ֜יםha.le.ve.NimH3843,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834theydidעֹשִׂ֨ים'o.SimH6213makeH7760heretofore, ye shalllayH7760uponעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.HemH5921them; ye shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore theycryצֹֽעֲקִים֙tzo.'a.KimH6817,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,LetH7503usעַל־'al-H5921goH7503andsacrificeנִזְבְּחָ֥הniz.be.ChahH2076to ourGodלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃le.lo.Hei.nuH430.

9LetH408heavierתִּכְבַּ֧דtikh.BadH3513workהָעֲבֹדָ֛הha.'a.vo.DahH5656belaidH3513uponעַל־'al-H5921themenH376, that they may labour therein; andletH408themnotH408regardיִשְׁע֖וּyish.'UH8159lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267wordsבְּדִבְרֵי־be.div.rei-H1697.

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