Exodus 5:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.”
כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
רָפָה
are idle
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רָפָה
To relax, to let go, to cease striving. Raphah. Be still and know that I am God. Stop fighting and let God be God in your situation.
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עַל
there-
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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הָלַךְ
let us go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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זָבַח
let us sacrifice
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זָבַח
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
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