OET interlinear EXO 5:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וְ⁠אַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְ⁠אַהֲרֹ֔ן וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֖וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה

and=after (Some words not found in UHB: and=after they_went Mosheh and,Aaron and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael let_~_go DOM people_of,my so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival to=me in,wilderness )

The time phrase, and afterward, marks a transition in the narrative. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: [After that]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וְ⁠אַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְ⁠אַהֲרֹ֔ן וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֖וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה

and=after (Some words not found in UHB: and=after they_went Mosheh and,Aaron and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael let_~_go DOM people_of,my so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival to=me in,wilderness )

It is unclear how long Moses and Aaron waited before they went to see Pharaoh.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

בָּ֚אוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=after they_went Mosheh and,Aaron and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael let_~_go DOM people_of,my so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival to=me in,wilderness )

In this instance, depending on how they have to set scenes, some languages may need to use “came in.”

Note 4 topic: writing-participants

פַּרְעֹ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=after they_went Mosheh and,Aaron and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael let_~_go DOM people_of,my so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival to=me in,wilderness )

Pharaoh is reintroduced as a participant in the narrative for the first time since chapter two. Use the natural form in your language for reintroducing a character.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔⁠י וְ⁠יָחֹ֥גּוּ לִ֖⁠י בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=after they_went Mosheh and,Aaron and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael let_~_go DOM people_of,my so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival to=me in,wilderness )

This is a direct quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with first-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation. There is a second-level quotation fully contained within this portion which is addressed elsewhere. There may be other quotations in this chapter; they will be marked by the same punctuation, but they will not have their own notes unless there is something unique about them.

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=after they_went Mosheh and,Aaron and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael let_~_go DOM people_of,my so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival to=me in,wilderness )

This quotation formula is used to introduce commands from Yahweh. See Chapter 4 Introduction for more information.

וְ⁠יָחֹ֥גּוּ

so,that_they_may_celebrate_a_festival

This is a celebration to worship Yahweh. Alternate translation: [so they can worship me with eating and drinking]