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Then Pharaohוַ פַרְעֹהcalledיִּקְרָאtoאֶלMosesמֹשֶׁהand to Aaronוּלְאַהֲרֹןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Go,לְכוּsacrificeזִבְחוּto your Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיכֶםin the land.”בָּאָרֶץ
Exodus 8:25
Study it in the app“Then Pharaoh called to Moses and to Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your Elohim in the land.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:25, word by word
- Then Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- 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 to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- sacrificeזִבְחוּzivchu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zivchu” appears- to your Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
24YHWH did so; heavy swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
25 · This verse (above)
26But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for what we sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?