Exodus 5:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וְיָחֹ֥גּוּ לִ֖י בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Transliteration

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 Details

*wə*: conjunction with jussive/cohortative force - so that, in order that
*ʾachar*: adverb - afterward, subsequently
*bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they came/entered
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*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
*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Exod 10:9 : 9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Ps 119:46 : 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Jonah 3:3-4 : 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Matt 10:18 : 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Acts 4:29 : 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
1 Cor 5:8 : 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Exod 3:18 : 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

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