Exodus 5:3
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
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ASV
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
KJV
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vai.Yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | 'e.lo.Hei | [the] God of | H430 → |
| הָעִבְרִ֖ים | ha.'iv.Rim | the Hebrews | H5680 → |
| נִקְרָ֣א | nik.Ra' | he has met | H7122 → |
| עָלֵ֑ינוּ | 'a.Lei.nu | with us | H5921 → |
| נֵ֣לֲכָה | Ne.la.khah | let us go | H1980 → |
| נָּ֡א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| דֶּרֶךְ֩ | de.reKh | a journey of | H1870 → |
| שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת | she.Lo.shet | three | H7969 → |
| יָמִ֜ים | ya.Mim | days | H3117 → |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר | ba.mid.Bar | in the wilderness | H4057 → |
| וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ | ve.niz.be.Chah | and let us sacrifice | H2076 → |
| לַֽיהוָ֣ה | la.Yah.weh | to Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | 'e.lo.Hei.nu | God our | H430 → |
| פֶּ֨ן־ | Pen- | lest | H6435 → |
| יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ | yif.ga.'E.nu | he should fall on us | H6293 → |
| בַּדֶּ֖בֶר | ba.De.ver | with <the> pestilence | H1698 → |
| א֥וֹ | 'o | or | H176 → |
| בֶחָֽרֶב׃ | ve.Cha.rev | with the sword | H2719 → |
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