Exodus
Exodus 5:11
11Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | לְכ֨וּ | lə·ḵū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and get | קְח֤וּ | qə·ḥū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3947 take |
| your own | לָכֶם֙ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| straw | תֶּ֔בֶן | te·ḇen | Noun - masculine singular | H8401 straw |
| wherever | מֵאֲשֶׁ֖ר | mê·’ă·šer | Preposition-m; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you can find it | תִּמְצָ֑אוּ | tim·ṣā·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H4672 attain to, find |
| but | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your workload | מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖ם | mê·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ·ḵem | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H5656 labour, service |
| will in no way | אֵ֥ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| be reduced | נִגְרָ֛ע | niḡ·rā‘ | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H1639 diminish, restrain, withdraw |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.