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Exodus 5:2

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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.	And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Pharaoh^H6547 said^H559, Who is the LORD^H3068, that I should obey^H8085 his voice^H6963 to let Israel^H3478 go^H7971? I know^H3045 not the LORD^H3068, neither will I let Israel^H3478 go^H7971.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה מִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁמַע בְּקֹלֹו לְשַׁלַּח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֶת־יְהוָה וְגַם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחַ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
מִ֤י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	(is) Yahweh
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
אֶשְׁמַ֣ע	'esh.Ma'	H8085	HVqi1cs	I will listen
בְּ/קֹל֔/וֹ	be./ko.L/o	H6963	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	to/ voice/ his
לְ/שַׁלַּ֖ח	le./sha.Lach	H7971	HR/Vpc	by/ letting go
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לֹ֤א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙	ya.Da'.ti	H3045	HVqp1cs	I know
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וְ/גַ֥ם	ve./Gam	H1571	HC/Ta	and/ also
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ	'a.sha.Le.ach	H7971	HVpi1cs	I will let go

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H6963 — קוֹל (qôwl, kole): or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I know not — 1 Samuel 2:12, John 16:3, Romans 1:28, 2 Thessalonians 1:8
• neither — Exodus 3:19, Jeremiah 44:16-17
• Who — Exodus 3:19, 2 Kings 18:35, 2 Chronicles 32:15, 2 Chronicles 32:19, Job 21:15, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 12:4, Psalms 14:1

Reciprocal references (28): Genesis 3:5, Exodus 7:17, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 18:11, Judges 2:10, 1 Samuel 25:10, 1 Kings 12:13, 1 Kings 18:21, 2 Kings 19:22, Nehemiah 9:10, Job 15:25, Job 18:21, Job 41:34, Psalms 17:10, Psalms 73:9, Proverbs 18:23, Proverbs 30:9, Isaiah 36:20, Isaiah 37:23, Jeremiah 42:13, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 48:26, Jeremiah 50:33, Daniel 3:15, Malachi 3:13, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Galatians 4:8, James 3:5

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HUMILITY-PRIDE, RIGHTEOUSNESS-UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
• Torrey’s: EGYPT, IGNORANCE OF GOD, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, REBELLION AGAINST GOD
• Nave’s: BLINDNESS, DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, INFIDELITY, PRESUMPTION, SKEPTICISM

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