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Then the supervisorsוַ שֹׁטְרֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcameיָּבֹאוּand cried outוַיִּצְעֲקוּtoאֶלPharaoh,פַּרְעֹהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whyלָמָּהdo you treatתַעֲשֶׂהyour servantsלַעֲבָדֶיךָthis way?כֹה
Exodus 5:15
Study it in the app“Then the supervisors of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants this way?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:15, word by word
- Then the supervisorsשֹׁטְרֵיshotre
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 “shotre” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and cried outיִּצְעֲקוּyitsaku
cry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “yitsaku” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- do you treatתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears
The context
14And the supervisors of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, were beaten, being told, “Why have you not completed your quota of making bricks as before, both yesterday and today?”
15 · This verse (above)
16No straw is given to your servants, yet bricks! they keep saying to us, ‘Make them!’ And look, your servants are beaten; but the sin is your people’s.”