Exodus 5:4

“The king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people away from their work? Go to your burdens!””

Exodus 5:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 5:4, word by word

The kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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).

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and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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do you takeתַּפְרִיעוּtafriu

ignore

To disregard advice, or distract from work.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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their workמַּעֲשָׂיmaasay

labor

What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.

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Goלְכוּlechu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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to your burdensסִבְלֹתֵיsivlote

burdens

Burdens: the heavy labor imposed on a subject people.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

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.”

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5And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now many, and you make them cease from their burdens!”

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