## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 5

###### Onkelos Exodus 5:1
[Onkelos Exodus 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:1)

וּבָתַר כֵּן עַלוּ משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וַאֲמָרוּ לְפַרְעֹה כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁלַח יָת עַמִי וִיחַגוּן **קֳדָמַי** בְּמַדְבְּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Afterwards Moshe and Aharon went and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Adonoy, God of Yisrael said, ‘Send My people, so they may celebrate a festival to [**before**] Me in the wilderness.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:2
[Onkelos Exodus 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:2)

וַאֲמַר פַּרְעֹה **שְׁמָא** דַיְיָ **לָא אִתְגְלִי לִי** דִי אֲקַבֵּל **לְמֵמְרֵהּ** לְשַׁלָחָא יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא אִתְגְלִי לִי **שְׁמָא** דַיְיָ וְאַף יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא אֲשַׁלַח:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh said, “Who is [**The Name of**] Adonoy [**is not revealed to me**] that I should obey his voice [**Word**], to let Yisrael go. I do not know [**The Name of**] Adonoy [**is not revealed to me**], nor will I let [the B’nei] Yisrael go.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:3
[Onkelos Exodus 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:3)

וַאֲמָרוּ אֱלָהָא דִיהוּדָאֵי אִתְגְלִי עֲלָנָא נֵיזֵיל **כְּעַן** מַהֲלַךְ תְּלָתָא יוֹמִין בְּמַדְבְּרָא וּנְדַבַּח **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָנָא דִלְמָא יְעַרְעִנָנָא בְּמוֹתָא אוֹ בִקְטוֹל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said [to him], “The God of the Hebrews has revealed Himself to us. Please [**Now**] allow us to take a three day journey into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to [**before**] Adonoy, our God, lest He strike us with the plague or with the sword.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:4
[Onkelos Exodus 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:4)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן מַלְכָּא דְמִצְרַיִם לְמָא משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן תְּבַטְלוּן יָת עַמָא מֵעוֹבָדֵהוֹן אֱזִילוּ לְפָלְחָנְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moshe and Aharon, are you distracting the people from their work? Get back to your burdens.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:5
[Onkelos Exodus 5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:5)

וַאֲמַר פַּרְעֹה הָא סַגִיאִין כְּעַן עַמָא דְאַרְעָא וּתְבַטְלוּן יָתְהוֹן מִפָּלְחָנְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Then Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you want them to take leave from their hard work.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:6
[Onkelos Exodus 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:6)

וּפַקִיד פַּרְעֹה בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא יָת שִׁלְטוֹנִין דְעַמָא וְיָת סָרְכוֹהִי לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
That day, Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:7
[Onkelos Exodus 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:7)

לָא תוֹסְפוּן לְמִיתַּן תִּבְנָא לְעַמָא לְמִרְמֵי לִבְנִין כְּמִתְּמַלֵי וּמִדְקָמוֹהִי אִנוּן יְהָכוּן וִיגַבְּבוּן לְהוֹן תִּבְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks as before. Let them go gather [their own] straw,


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:8
[Onkelos Exodus 5:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:8)

וְיָת סְכוֹם לְבֵנַיָא דִי אִנוּן עָבְדִין מִתְּמַלֵי וּמִדְקָמוֹהִי תְּמַנוּן עֲלֵיהוֹן לָא תִמְנְעוּן מִנֵהּ אֲרֵי בַטְלָנִין אִנוּן עַל כֵּן אִנוּן צָוְחִין לְמֵימַר נֵיזֵיל נְדַבַּח **קֳדָם** אֱלָהָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[And] the quota of bricks that they made before, you shall place upon them; do not reduce it, for they are lazy and therefore they cry out, saying, ‘We want to go sacrifice to [**before**] our God.’


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:9
[Onkelos Exodus 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:9)

תִּתָּקַף פָּלְחָנָא עַל גֻבְרַיָא וְיִתְעַסְקוּן בַּהּ וְלָא **יִתְעַסְקוּן** בְּפִתְגָמִין בְּטֵלִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Make the workload heavier on the men, and make them do it. Let them not talk about [**be occupied with**] false ideas.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:10
[Onkelos Exodus 5:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:10)

וּנְפָקוּ שִׁלְטוֹנֵי עַמָא וְסָרְכוֹהִי וַאֲמָרוּ לְעַמָא לְמֵימָר כִּדְנַן אֲמַר פַּרְעֹה לֵית אֲנָא יָהֵב לְכוֹן תִּבְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They went out—the taskmasters of the people and their officers—and spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh said, ‘I will no longer give you straw.


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:11
[Onkelos Exodus 5:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:11)

אַתּוּן אֱזִילוּ סִיבוּ לְכוֹן תִּבְנָא מֵאֲתַר דְתַשְׁכְּחוּן אֲרֵי לָא יִתִּמְנַע מִפָּלְחָנְכוֹן מִדָעַם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must go get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your workload must not be reduced.’”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:12
[Onkelos Exodus 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:12)

וְאִתְבַּדַר עַמָא בְּכָל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם לְגַבָּבָא גִילֵי לְתִבְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people spread out all over Egypt to gather grain-chaff for straw.


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:13
[Onkelos Exodus 5:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:13)

וְשִׁלְטוֹנַיָא דָחֲקִין לְמֵימָר אַשְׁלִימוּ עוֹבָדֵיכוֹן פִּתְגַם יוֹם בְּיוֹמֵהּ כְּמָא דַהֲוֵיתוּן עָבְדִין כַּד **אִתְיְהֵב** לְכוֹן תִּבְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The taskmasters pressured them saying, “You must complete your daily work [quota], just as [**you did**] [before] when there was straw [**given to you**].”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:14
[Onkelos Exodus 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:14)

וּלְקוֹ סָרְכֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דִי מַנִיאוּ עֲלֵיהוֹן שִׁלְטוֹנֵי פַרְעֹה לְמֵימָר מָא דֵין לָא אַשְׁלֶמְתּוּן גְזֵרָתְכוֹן לְמִרְמֵי (לִבְנִין) כְּמֵאִתְמַלֵי וּמִדְקָמוֹהִי אַף תְּמַלֵי אַף יוֹמָא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The officers of the B’nei Yisrael were beaten—those whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had appointed—and were told, “Why have you not completed your quotas of brick making as you did yesterday and before neither yesterday, nor today?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:15
[Onkelos Exodus 5:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:15)

וַאֲתוֹ סָרְכֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּצְוָחוּ (קֳדָם) לְפַרְעֹה לְמֵימָר לְמָא תַעְבֵּד כְּדֵין לְעַבְדָיךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The officers of the B’nei Yisrael came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying “Why are you doing this to your slaves?


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:16
[Onkelos Exodus 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:16)

תִּבְנָא לָא מִתְיְהֵב לְעַבְדָיךְ וּלְבֵנַיָא אָמְרִין לָנָא עִבִידוּ וְהָא עַבְדָיךְ לָקָן **וְחָטָן עֲלֵיהוֹן** עַמָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Your slaves are not given straw, and yet we are told to make bricks. Your slaves are beaten, and it is a sin for your people [**sin against them**].”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:17
[Onkelos Exodus 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:17)

וַאֲמַר בַּטְלָנִין אַתּוּן בַּטְלָנִין עַל כֵּן אַתּוּן אָמְרִין נֵזֵיל נְדַבַּח **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said, “You are lazy, therefore you say, ‘Let us go sacrifice to [**before**] Adonoy.’


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:18
[Onkelos Exodus 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:18)

וּכְעַן אֱזִילוּ פְלָחוּ וְתִבְנָא לָא יִתְיְהֵב לְכוֹן וּסְכוֹם לְבֵינַיָא תִּתְּנוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now go, get to work. You will not be given straw, and you must deliver your quota of bricks.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:19
[Onkelos Exodus 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:19)

וַחֲזוֹ סָרְכֵי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָתְהוֹן בְּבִישׁ לְמֵימָר לָא תִמְנְעוּן מִלִבְנֵיכוֹן פִּתְגַם יוֹם בְּיוֹמֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The officers of the B’nei Yisrael realized their bad position, saying, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:20
[Onkelos Exodus 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:20)

וַעֲרָעוּ יָת משֶׁה וְיָת אַהֲרֹן קָיְמִין לְקַדָמוּתְהוֹן בְּמִפַּקְהוֹן מִקֳדָם פַּרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They met Moshe and Aharon who were waiting to meet them as they were leaving Pharaoh.


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:21
[Onkelos Exodus 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:21)

וַאֲמָרוּ לְהוֹן **יִתְגְלֵי** יְיָ עֲלֵיכוֹן **וְיִתְפְּרַע** דִי אַבְאֶשְׁתּוּן יָת רֵיחָנָא בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי עַבְדוֹהִי לְמִתַּן חַרְבָּא בִּידֵיהוֹן לְקַטָלוּתָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said to them [Moshe and Aharon], “Let Adonoy look at [**become revealed to**] you and judge [**take revenge**]. You have made our aroma abhorrent in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword in their hands to kill us.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:22
[Onkelos Exodus 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:22)

וְתָב משֶׁה **קֳדָם** יְיָ וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמָא אַבְאֵשְׁתָּא לְעַמָא הָדֵין וּלְמָא דְנַן שְׁלַחְתָּנִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe returned to [**before**] Adonoy and said, “My Master. Why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You send me?


###### Onkelos Exodus 5:23
[Onkelos Exodus 5:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/5:23)

וּמֵעִדַן עַלִית לְוָת פַּרְעֹה לְמַלָלָא בִשְׁמָךְ אַבְאֵשׁ לְעַמָּא הָדֵין וְשֵׁזָבָא לָא שֵׁזַבְתָּא יָת עַמָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done harm to this people; and You have not rescued Your people.”