Verse 15

{ "verseID": "Exodus.5.15", "source": "וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר לָ֧מָּה תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה כֹ֖ה לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "And *wayyāḇōʾû* *šōṭərê* *bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl* and *wayyiṣʿăqû* to *ʾel*-*p̄arʿōh* *lēʾmōr*: *lāmmâ* *ṯaʿăśeh* thus *ḵōh* to your *laʿăḇāḏêḵā*?", "grammar": { "*wayyāḇōʾû*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they came", "*šōṭərê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - officers of", "*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of, children of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*wayyiṣʿăqû*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they cried out", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*p̄arʿōh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh", "*lēʾmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying", "*lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why?", "*ṯaʿăśeh*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you do", "*ḵōh*": "adverb - thus, so", "*la*": "preposition - to", "*ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servants" }, "variants": { "*wayyāḇōʾû*": "and they came, entered, approached", "*šōṭərê*": "officers of, foremen of", "*bənê*": "sons of, children of, descendants of", "*wayyiṣʿăqû*": "and they cried out, called out, complained", "*lēʾmōr*": "saying, declaring", "*lāmmâ*": "why?, for what reason?", "*ṯaʿăśeh*": "you do, act, deal", "*ḵōh*": "thus, so, this way", "*ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "your servants, slaves, workers" } }

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