Exodus 10:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹן֮ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָֽעִבְרִ֔ים עַד־מָתַ֣י מֵאַ֔נְתָּ לֵעָנֹ֖ת מִפָּנָ֑י שַׁלַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

wa-yābōʾ mōšeh wə-ʾahărōn ʾel-parʿōh wa-yōʾmərû ʾēlāyw kōh-ʾāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhê hā-ʿibrîm ʿad-mātay mēʾantā lēʿānōt mi-pānāy šallaḥ ʿammî wə-yaʿabdûnî

Grammar Details

• *wa-yābōʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and came
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *wə-ʾahărōn*: conjunction + proper noun - and Aaron
• *ʾel-parʿōh*: preposition + proper noun - to Pharaoh
• *wa-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - thus says
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - God of
• *hā-ʿibrîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the Hebrews
• *ʿad-mātay*: preposition + interrogative - until when/how long
• *mēʾantā*: Piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have refused
• *lēʿānōt*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to be humbled
• *mi-pānāy*: preposition + noun common plural with 1st person singular suffix - from my face/presence
• *šallaḥ*: Piel imperative masculine singular - send away/let go
• *ʿammî*: noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *wə-yaʿabdûnî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - that they may serve me

Word Meanings

• *mēʾantā*: refused/declined/rejected
• *lēʿānōt*: to be humbled/to humble yourself/to submit
• *mi-pānāy*: from my face/before me/from my presence

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt {G5312} you.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
• Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.
• Ezek 5:6 : 6 And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
• 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
• Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• Exod 16:28 : 28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
• Num 14:27 : 27 How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.