Exodus 5:8
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
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ASV
And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
KJV
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת | mat.Ko.net | [the] measurement of | H4971 → |
| הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים | ha.le.ve.Nim | the bricks | H3843 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| הֵם֩ | hem | they | H1992 → |
| עֹשִׂ֨ים | 'o.Sim | [were] making | H6213 → |
| תְּמ֤וֹל | te.Mol | yesterday | H8543 → |
| שִׁלְשֹׁם֙ | shil.Shom | three days ago | H8032 → |
| תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ | ta.Si.mu | you will place | H7760 → |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | 'a.lei.Hem | on them | H5921 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תִגְרְע֖וּ | tig.re.'U | you will diminish | H1639 → |
| מִמֶּ֑נּוּ | mi.Me.nu | from it | H4480 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| נִרְפִּ֣ים | nir.Pim | [are] idle | H7503 → |
| הֵ֔ם | Hem | they | H1992 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּ֗ן | Ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| הֵ֤ם | hem | they | H1992 → |
| צֹֽעֲקִים֙ | tzo.'a.Kim | [are] crying out | H6817 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| נֵלְכָ֖ה | ne.le.Khah | let us go | H1980 → |
| נִזְבְּחָ֥ה | niz.be.Chah | let us sacrifice | H2076 → |
| לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ | le.lo.Hei.nu | to God our | H430 → |
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