We will goנֵלֵךְa journeyדֶּרֶךְof threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםinto the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרand sacrificeוְזָבַחְנוּto YHWHלַיהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe tellsיֹאמַרus.”אֵלֵינוּ
Exodus 8:27
Study it in the app“We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim as he tells us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:27, word by word
- We will goנֵלֵךְnelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelech” appears- a journeyדֶּרֶךְderech
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appears- of threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- into the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- and sacrificeזָבַחְנוּzavachnu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zavachnu” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- he tellsיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears
The context
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?
27 · This verse (above)
28Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to YHWH your Elohim in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. Pray for me.”