Pharaohפַּרְעֹהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאָנֹכִיwill letאֲשַׁלַּחyouאֶתְכֶםgo,אֲשַׁלַּחthat you may sacrificeוּזְבַחְתֶּםto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםin the wilderness;בַּמִּדְבָּרonlyרַקyou must notלֹאgo very far away.הַרְחֵק תַרְחִיקוּ לָלֶכֶתPrayהַעְתִּירוּfor me.”בַּעֲדִי
Exodus 8:28
Study it in the app“Pharaoh 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 8:28, word by word
- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- will letאֲשַׁלַּחashalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “ashalach” appears- that you may sacrificeזְבַחְתֶּםzevachtem
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zevachtem” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- go very far awayהַרְחֵקharchek
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “harchek” appears- go very far awayלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- Prayהַעְתִּירוּhatiru
plead
To pray to God persistently, asking him for something.
Where else “hatiru” appears
The context
27We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim as he tells us.”
28 · This verse (above)
29Moses said, “Look, I am going out from you, and I will pray to YHWH, and the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only let Pharaoh not again deal deceitfully by not letting the people go to sacrifice to YHWH.”