1{
"verseID": "Exodus.5.1",
"source": "וְאַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וְיָחֹ֥גּוּ לִ֖י בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃",
"text": "And *ʾachar* *bāʾû* *Mōšeh* and *ʾAhărōn* and *wayyōʾmərû* to *Parʿōh*: Thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhê* *Yiśrāʾēl*, *šallaḥ* *ʾet*-my *ʿam* and *wəyāḥōggû* to me in the *midbar*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə*": "conjunction - and, connecting to previous narrative",
"*ʾachar*": "adverb - afterward, subsequently",
"*bāʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they came/entered",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Moses",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾAhărōn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron",
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they said",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to, toward",
"*Parʿōh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh",
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus, so",
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said/spoken",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun construct, masculine plural - God of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*šallaḥ*": "piel imperative, masculine singular - send away, release",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿam*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my people",
"*wə*": "conjunction with jussive/cohortative force - so that, in order that",
"*yāḥōggû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they may celebrate, hold a festival",
"*lə*": "preposition with 1st person suffix - to/for me",
"*ba*": "preposition with definite article - in the",
"*midbar*": "noun, masculine singular - wilderness, desert"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾachar*": "afterward, subsequently, later",
"*bāʾû*": "came, entered, arrived",
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "and they said, they declared, they stated",
"*šallaḥ*": "send away, release, let go",
"*ʿam*": "people, nation, folk",
"*yāḥōggû*": "celebrate a festival, make pilgrimage, observe a feast",
"*midbar*": "wilderness, desert, uninhabited land"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Exodus.5.2",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה מִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹל֔וֹ לְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לֹ֤א יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וְגַ֥ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *Parʿōh*: Who is *YHWH* *ʾăšer* I should *ʾešmaʿ* to his *qōl* to *ləšallaḥ* *ʾet*-*Yiśrāʾēl*? Not *yādaʿtî* *ʾet*-*YHWH* and also *ʾet*-*Yiśrāʾēl* not *ʾăšallēaḥ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Parʿōh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that, who, which",
"*ʾešmaʿ*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular - I should listen/heed/obey",
"*bə*": "preposition - in, with, by",
"*qōl*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his voice",
"*lə*": "preposition - to, for",
"*šallaḥ*": "piel infinitive construct - to send away, release",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yādaʿtî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I know/knew",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*gam*": "adverb - also, moreover",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾăšallēaḥ*": "piel imperfect, 1st singular - I will send away, release"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "and he said, he replied, he answered",
"*mî*": "who?, which one?",
"*ʾăšer*": "who, which, that",
"*ʾešmaʿ*": "I should listen to, obey, heed",
"*qōl*": "voice, sound, noise",
"*šallaḥ*": "to send away, release, let go",
"*yādaʿtî*": "I know, I have known, I recognize",
"*ʾăšallēaḥ*": "I will release, I will let go, I will send away"
}
}