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So Mosesוַ אֶת מֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאֶת אַהֲרֹןwere brought backיּוּשַׁבtoאֶלPharaoh,פַּרְעֹהand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Go,לְכוּserveעִבְדוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶםWhoמִיand whoוָמִיare the ones going?”הַהֹלְכִים
Exodus 10:8
Study it in the app“So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve YHWH your Elohim. Who and who are the ones going?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 10:8, word by word
- So Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- were brought backיּוּשַׁבyushav
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yushav” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- are the ones goingהֹלְכִיםholchim
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appears
The context
7Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve YHWH their Elohim. Do you not yet know that Egypt is ruined?”
8 · This verse (above)
9Moses said, “With our young and with our old we will go; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go, for we have a feast of YHWH.”