Exodus

Exodus 5:4

⁴But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But the king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to them	אֲלֵהֶם֙	’ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H413 motion to
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֣ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
and Aaron	וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן	wə·’a·hă·rōn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H175 Aaron
why	לָ֚מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
do you draw	תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ	tap̄·rî·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H6544 act as leader, lead (?)
the people	הָעָ֖ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
away from their work	מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו	mim·ma·‘ă·śāw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4639 deed, work
Get back	לְכ֖וּ	lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to your labor	לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃	lə·siḇ·lō·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H5450 burden

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.