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So the taskmastersוַ נֹגְשֵׂיof the peopleהָעָםand their supervisorsוְשֹׁטְרָיוwent outיֵּצְאוּand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלthe people,הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרPharaoh:פַּרְעֹה‘I am notאֵינֶנִּיgivingנֹתֵןyouלָכֶםstraw.תֶּבֶן
Exodus 5:10
Study it in the app“So the taskmasters of the people and their supervisors went out and said to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving you straw.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:10, word by word
- So the taskmastersנֹגְשֵׂיnogse
taskmaster
One who forces others to work harshly.
Where else “nogse” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and their supervisorsשֹׁטְרָיshotray
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotray” appears- went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” 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- givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- strawתֶּבֶןteven
straw
Straw: chopped stalks of grain, used as fodder for animals and in making bricks.
Where else “teven” appears
The context
9Let the work be heavy on the men so that they labor at it and do not pay attention to lying words.”
10 · This verse (above)
11You go and get yourselves straw wherever you can find it, for not a thing will be reduced from your work.’”