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Exodus 5:3

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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.	And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they said^H559, The God^H430 of the Hebrews^H5680 hath met^H7122 with us: let us go^H3212, we pray thee, three^H7969 days^H3117' journey^H1870 into the desert^H4057, and sacrifice^H2076 unto the LORD^H3068 our God^H430; lest he fall^H6293 upon us with pestilence^H1698, or with the sword^H2719.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים נִקְרָא עָלֵינוּ נֵלֲכָה נָּא דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וְנִזְבְּחָה לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ פֶּן־יִפְגָּעֵנוּ בַּדֶּבֶר אֹו בֶחָרֶב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	va/i.Yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	H430	HNcmpc	(the) God of
הָ/עִבְרִ֖ים	ha./'iv.Rim	H5680	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Hebrews
נִקְרָ֣א	nik.Ra'	H7122	HVNp3ms	he has met
עָלֵ֑י/נוּ	'a.Lei./nu	H5921	HR/Sp1cp	with/ us
נֵ֣לֲכָה	Ne.la.khah	H3212	HVqh1cp	let us go
נָּ֡א	na'	H4994	HTj	please
דֶּרֶךְ֩	de.reKh	H1870	HNcbsc	a journey of
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת	she.Lo.shet	H7969	HAcmsc	three
יָמִ֜ים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֗ר	ba./mid.Bar	H4057	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ wilderness
וְ/נִזְבְּחָה֙	ve./niz.be.Chah	H2076	HC/Vqh1cp	and/ let us sacrifice
לַֽ/יהוָ֣ה	la./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	to/ Yahweh
אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ	'e.lo.Hei./nu	H430	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	God/ our
פֶּ֨ן	Pen-	H6435	HC	lest
יִפְגָּעֵ֔/נוּ	yif.ga.'E./nu	H6293	HVqi3ms/Sp1cp	he should fall on/ us
בַּ/דֶּ֖בֶר	ba./De.ver	H1698	HRd/Ncmsa	with (the)/ pestilence
א֥וֹ	'o	H176	HC	or
בֶ/חָֽרֶב	ve./Cha.rev	H2719	HRd/Ncfsa	with the/ sword

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

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• 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.
• H1698 — דֶּבֶר (deber, deh'-ber): from דָבַר (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence; murrain, pestilence, plague.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H2076 — זָבַח (zâbach, zaw-bakh'): a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice); kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
• H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
• 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.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H5680 — עִבְרִי (ʻIbrîy, ib-ree'): patronymic from עֵבֵר; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber; Hebrew(-ess, woman).
• H6293 — פָּגַע (pâgaʻ, paw-gah'): a primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity; come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
• H7122 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner; befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.

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

• H176 — אוֹ (ʼôw, o): presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
• H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H6435 — פֵּן (pên, pane): from פָּנָה; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest; (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

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