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Notלֹאso!כֵןGo,לְכוּ נָאyouאַתֶּםmen,הַגְּבָרִיםand serveוְעִבְדוּYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהforכִּיthatאֹתָהּis what you are asking for.”מְבַקְשִׁיםAnd they were driven outוַיְגָרֶשׁ אֹתָםfromמֵאֵתPharaoh’s presence.פְּנֵי פַרְעֹה
Exodus 10:11
Study it in the app“Not so! Go, you men, and serve YHWH, for that is what you are asking for.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:11, word by word
- Goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- menגְּבָרִיםgevarim
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gevarim” appears- and serveעִבְדוּivdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ivdu” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- is what you are asking forמְבַקְשִׁיםmevakshim
require
To hold someone answerable.
Where else “mevakshim” appears- And they were driven outיְגָרֶשׁyegaresh
drive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “yegaresh” appears- Pharaoh’s presenceפְּנֵיpene
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “pene” appears- Pharaoh’s presenceפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears
The context
10He said to them, “So may YHWH be with you, as I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have evil in view.
11 · This verse (above)
12YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, all that the hail has left.”