Exodus

Exodus 5:18–19

¹⁸Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

¹⁹The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וְעַתָּה֙	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
get to	לְכ֣וּ	lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
work	עִבְד֔וּ	‘iḇ·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5647 work, serve
You	לָכֶ֑ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
will be given	יִנָּתֵ֣ן	yin·nā·ṯên	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
no	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
straw	וְתֶ֖בֶן	wə·ṯe·ḇen	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8401 straw
yet you must deliver	תִּתֵּֽנּוּ׃	tit·tên·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
the full quota	וְתֹ֥כֶן	wə·ṯō·ḵen	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8506 measurement
of bricks	לְבֵנִ֖ים	lə·ḇê·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H3843 brick, tile

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The Israelite	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
foremen	שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י	šō·ṭə·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7860 official, officer
realized	וַיִּרְא֞וּ	way·yir·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
they were in trouble	בְּרָ֣ע	bə·rā‘	Preposition-b; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
when they were told	לֵאמֹ֑ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
You must not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
reduce	תִגְרְע֥וּ	ṯiḡ·rə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H1639 diminish, restrain, withdraw
your daily	י֥וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
quota	דְּבַר־	də·ḇar-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
of bricks	מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם	mil·liḇ·nê·ḵem	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H3843 brick, tile

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.