Exodus
Exodus 8:20
20Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| Get up early | הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם | haš·kêm | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H7925 start, rise, early |
| in the morning | בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ | bab·bō·qer | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1242 morning |
| and when Pharaoh | פַרְעֹ֔ה | p̄ar·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| goes out | יוֹצֵ֣א | yō·w·ṣê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| to the water | הַמָּ֑יְמָה | ham·mā·yə·māh | Article; Noun - masculine plural; third person feminine singular | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| stand | וְהִתְיַצֵּב֙ | wə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular | H3320 set or station oneself, take one's stand |
| before him | לִפְנֵ֣י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| and tell him | וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| that | אֵלָ֗יו | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| this is what | כֹּ֚ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Let My people | עַמִּ֖י | ‘am·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5971 people |
| go | שַׁלַּ֥ח | šal·laḥ | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H7971 send |
| so that they may worship Me | וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ | wə·ya·‘aḇ·ḏu·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular | H5647 work, serve |
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