Exo 5:10 | NETfull | 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, ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ The construction uses the negative particle combined with a subject suffix before the participle: אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן (’enenni noten, “there is not I – giving”).} you straw.