Study it in the app“They will listen to your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews, has met with us. And now, please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim.’”
They will listenוְשָׁמְעוּto your voice;לְקֹלֶךָand youוּ אַתָּהshall come,בָאתָyou and the eldersוְזִקְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםand sayוַאֲמַרְתֶּםto him,אֵלָיו‘YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the Hebrews,הָעִבְרִיִּיםhas metנִקְרָהwith us.עָלֵינוּAnd now,וְעַתָּהplease let us goנֵלֲכָה נָּאa journeyדֶּרֶךְof threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםinto the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרthat we may sacrificeוְנִזְבְּחָהto YHWHלַיהוָהour Elohim.’אֱלֹהֵינוּ
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamu” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kole” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vata” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsHebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivriyim” appearsmeet
To come to meet someone, as YHWH does with his people.
Where else “nikra” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelacha” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “nizbcha” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
17and I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
18 · This verse (above)
19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, and not by a strong hand.
