Exodus 8:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ יְהוָה֙ כִּדְבַ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיָּ֙סַר֙ הֶעָרֹ֔ב מִפַּרְעֹ֖ה מֵעֲבָדָ֣יו וּמֵעַמּ֑וֹ לֹ֥א נִשְׁאַ֖ר אֶחָֽד׃

Transliteration

And wə-yaʿaś YHWH according to dəbar Mōšeh, and wə-yāsar the ʿārōb from Parʿōh, from his servants and from his people; not nišʾar one.

Grammar Details

*wə-yaʿaś*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he did
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
*dəbar*: noun, masculine singular construct - word of
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*wə-yāsar*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he removed
*ʿārōb*: noun, masculine singular + definite article - the swarm/mixture
*Parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*nišʾar*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he/it remained/was left

Word Meanings

*wə-yāsar*: removed/took away/turned aside
*nišʾar*: remained/was left/stayed

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Referenced Verses

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.
Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
Exod 5:1 : 1 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.
Exod 10:26 : 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
Exod 34:11 : 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Lev 10:1 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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