Exodus
Exodus 5:17
17“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | אַתֶּ֖ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| are slackers | נִרְפִּ֥ים | nir·pîm | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural | H7503 sink, relax |
| Pharaoh replied | וַיֹּ֛אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Slackers | נִרְפִּ֑ים | nir·pîm | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural | H7503 sink, relax |
| That is why | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| you | אַתֶּ֣ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| keep saying | אֹֽמְרִ֔ים | ’ō·mə·rîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| Let us go | נֵלְכָ֖ה | nê·lə·ḵāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and sacrifice | נִזְבְּחָ֥ה | niz·bə·ḥāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H2076 slaughter for sacrifice |
| to the LORD | לַֽיהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.