Exodus

Exodus 5:15

¹⁵So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the Israelite	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
foremen	שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙	šō·ṭə·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7860 official, officer
went	וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and appealed	וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ	way·yiṣ·‘ă·qū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6817 cry, cry out, call
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֖ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
Why	לָ֧מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
are you treating	תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה	ṯa·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
your servants	לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃	la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
this way	כֹ֖ה	ḵōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.