YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“GoבֹּאtoאֶלPharaohפַּרְעֹהand speakוְדִבַּרְתָּto him,אֵלָיו‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the Hebrews:הָעִבְרִים“Letשַׁלַּחmy peopleאֶת עַמִּיgo,שַׁלַּחthat they may serve me.וְיַעַבְדֻנִי
Exodus 9:1
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 9:1, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- “Goבֹּאbo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- and speakדִבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the Hebrewsעִבְרִיםivrim
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivrim” appears- “Letשַׁלַּחshalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalach” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- that they may serve meיַעַבְדֻyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,