Exodus 5:8
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
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)
עָשָׂה
were making
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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שׂוּם
you will place
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שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
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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
on/ them
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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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תְּמוֹל
yesterday
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תְּמוֹל
properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
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מִן
from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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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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גָּרַע
you will diminish
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גָּרַע
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
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צָעַק
are crying out
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צָעַק
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
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זָבַח
let us sacrifice
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זָבַח
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
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שִׁלְשׁוֹם
three days ago
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שִׁלְשׁוֹם
trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
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מַתְכֹנֶת
the measurement of
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מַתְכֹנֶת
proportion (in size, number or ingredients)
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