Exodus 8:27

“We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim as he tells us.””

Exodus 8:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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a journeyדֶּרֶךְderech

journey

The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.

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of threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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daysיָמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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into the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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and sacrificeזָבַחְנוּzavachnu

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

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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.

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our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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he tellsיֹאמַרyomar

say

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

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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.”

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