Exo 5:10 | NET2full | STEP | So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said , “ Thus says Pharaoh : ‘I am not giving you straw .

‏ Exodus 5:10

10 So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, ^{▼▼tn Heb “went out and spoke to the people saying.” Here “the people” has been specified as “the Israelites” for clarity.} “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving ^{▼▼tn The construction uses the negative particle combined with a subject suffix before the participle: אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן (ʾenenni noten, “there is not I—giving”).} you straw.