AfterwardוְאַחַרMosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןcameבָּאוּand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלPharaoh,פַּרְעֹה“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל‘Letשַׁלַּחmy peopleאֶת עַמִּיgo,שַׁלַּחthat they may hold a feastוְיָחֹגּוּfor meלִיin the wilderness.’”בַּמִּדְבָּר
Exodus 5:1
Study it in the app“Afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast for me in the wilderness.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:1, word by word
- 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- cameבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- ‘Letשַׁלַּחshalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalach” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- that they may hold a feastיָחֹגּוּyachogu
keep a festival
To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.
Where else “yachogu” appears- in the wilderness.’מִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2But Pharaoh said, “Who is YHWH, that I should listen to his voice and let Israel go? I do not know YHWH, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”