H9001–/וַ–v

And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness.'

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said: 'Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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 the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.'

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Egypt said unto them: 'Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said: 'Behold, the people of the land are now many, and will ye make them rest from their burdens?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying:

וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”

And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying: 'Thus saith Pharaoh: I will not give you straw.

וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

וַיָּ֥פֶץ (וַ) va “and”

And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?'

וַיֻּכּ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying: 'Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

But he said: 'Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say: Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief, when they said: 'Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily task.'

וַיִּרְא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh;

וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

and they said unto them: 'The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.'

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said: 'Lord, wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that Thou hast sent me?

וַיָּ֧שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: 'I am the LORD;

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Yud-Kay-Vav-Kay* I made Me not known to them. [*"Yud-Kay-Vav-Kay" is the Yiddish circumlocution for the spelling of the tetragrammaton. In this verse, the original J

וָאֵרָ֗א (וָ) va. “and”

And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.

וָאֶזְכֹּ֖ר (וָ) va. “and”

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments;

וְהוֹצֵאתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִצַּלְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָאַלְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֥יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.'

וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: 'Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?'

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”