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Exodus 5:5-9

5AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Behold, thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776now aremanyרַבִּ֥יםra.BimH7227, and ye make themrestוְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥םve.hish.ba.TemH7673from theirburdensמִסִּבְלֹתָֽם׃mi.siv.lo.TamH5450.

6AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547commandedוַיְצַ֥וvay.TzavH6680the samedayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117thetaskmastersהַנֹּגְשִׂ֣יםha.no.ge.SimH5065of thepeopleבָּעָ֔םba.'AmH5971, and theirofficersשֹׁטְרָ֖יוsho.te.RavH7860,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

7Ye shall nomoreתֹאסִפ֞וּןto.si.FunH3254giveלָתֵ֨תla.TetH5414thepeopleלָעָ֛םla.'AmH5971strawתֶּ֧בֶןTe.venH8401tomakeלִלְבֹּ֥ןlil.BonH3835brickהַלְּבֵנִ֖יםha.le.ve.NimH3843, asbeforeכִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑םkit.Mol shil.ShomH8032 H8543: let themgoH3212andgatherוְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּve.ko.she.ShuH7197strawתֶּֽבֶן׃Te.venH8401for themselves.

8And thenumberמַתְכֹּ֨נֶתmat.Ko.netH4971of thebricksהַלְּבֵנִ֜יםha.le.ve.NimH3843, which theymadeעֹשִׂ֨ים'o.SimH6213beforeתְּמ֤וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם֙te.Mol shil.ShomH8032 H8543, ye shalllayתָּשִׂ֣ימוּta.Si.muH7760upon them; ye shall notdiminishתִגְרְע֖וּtig.re.'UH1639any of it: for they areidleנִרְפִּ֣יםnir.PimH7503; therefore theycryצֹֽעֲקִים֙tzo.'a.KimH6817,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Let usgoH3212andsacrificeנִזְבְּחָ֥הniz.be.ChahH2076to ourGodלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃le.lo.Hei.nuH430.

9Let moreworkהָעֲבֹדָ֛הha.'a.vo.DahH5656belaidתִּכְבַּ֧דtikh.BadH3513upon themenהָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםha.'a.na.ShimH582, that they maylabourוְיַעֲשׂוּ־ve.ya.'a.su-H6213in it; and let them notregardיִשְׁע֖וּyish.'UH8159vainשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267wordsבְּדִבְרֵי־be.div.rei-H1697.

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