Exodus 10:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹן֮ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָֽעִבְרִ֔ים עַד־מָתַ֣י מֵאַ֔נְתָּ לֵעָנֹ֖ת מִפָּנָ֑י שַׁלַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

wa-yābōʾ mōšeh wə-ʾahărōn ʾel-parʿōh wa-yōʾmərû ʾēlāyw kōh-ʾāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhê hā-ʿibrîm ʿad-mātay mēʾantā lēʿānōt mi-pānāy šallaḥ ʿammî wə-yaʿabdûnî

Grammar Details

• *wa-yābōʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and came
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *wə-ʾahărōn*: conjunction + proper noun - and Aaron
• *ʾel-parʿōh*: preposition + proper noun - to Pharaoh
• *wa-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - thus says
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - God of
• *hā-ʿibrîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the Hebrews
• *ʿad-mātay*: preposition + interrogative - until when/how long
• *mēʾantā*: Piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have refused
• *lēʿānōt*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to be humbled
• *mi-pānāy*: preposition + noun common plural with 1st person singular suffix - from my face/presence
• *šallaḥ*: Piel imperative masculine singular - send away/let go
• *ʿammî*: noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *wə-yaʿabdûnî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - that they may serve me

Word Meanings

• *mēʾantā*: refused/declined/rejected
• *lēʿānōt*: to be humbled/to humble yourself/to submit
• *mi-pānāy*: from my face/before me/from my presence

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
• Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• Ezek 5:6 : 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
• Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• Exod 16:28 : 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
• Num 14:27 : 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.