Exodus

Exodus 5:16

¹⁶No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
No	אֵ֤ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
straw	תֶּ֗בֶן	te·ḇen	Noun - masculine singular	H8401 straw
has been given	נִתָּן֙	nit·tān	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to your servants	לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ	la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
yet we are told	אֹמְרִ֥ים	’ō·mə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Make	עֲשׂ֑וּ	‘ă·śū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H6213 do, make
bricks	וּלְבֵנִ֛ים	ū·lə·ḇê·nîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H3843 brick, tile
Look	וְהִנֵּ֧ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
your servants	עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
are being beaten	מֻכִּ֖ים	muk·kîm	Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural	H5221 smite
but the fault	וְחָטָ֥את	wə·ḥā·ṭāṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H2398 miss
with your own people	עַמֶּֽךָ׃	‘am·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5971 people

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.