Study it in the app“But 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.””
But Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיis YHWH,יְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרI should listenאֶשְׁמַעto his voiceבְּקֹלוֹand letלְשַׁלַּחIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלgo?שַׁלַּחI do notלֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand moreoverוְגַםI will notלֹאletאֲשַׁלֵּחַIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלgo.”אֲשַׁלֵּחַ
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “eshma” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalach” 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” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadati” appears1Afterward 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.’”
2 · This verse (above)
3They said, “The Elohim of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim, or he will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”
