Exodus 5:15
So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
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ASV
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
KJV
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ | vai.ya.Vo.'u | and they went | H935 → |
| שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ | sho.te.Rei | [the] foremen of | H7860 → |
| בְּנֵ֣י | be.Nei | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ | vai.yitz.'a.Ku | and they cried out | H6817 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| פַּרְעֹ֖ה | par.'Oh | Pharaoh | H6547 → |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| לָ֧מָּה | La.mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה | ta.'a.Seh | are you doing | H6213 → |
| כֹ֖ה | khoh | thus | H3541 → |
| לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃ | la.'a.va.Dei.kha | to servants your | H5650 → |
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