Keluaran 6:11

6:11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release ¹  the Israelites from his land.”

Keluaran 12:33

12:33 The Egyptians were urging ²  the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, ³  for they were saying, “We are all dead!”

[6:11]  ¹ tn The form וִישַׁלַּח (vishallakh) is the Piel imperfect or jussive with a sequential vav; following an imperative it gives the imperative’s purpose and intended result. They are to speak to Pharaoh, and (so that as a result) he will release Israel. After the command to speak, however, the second clause also indirectly states the content of the speech (cf. Exod 11:2; 14:2, 15; 25:2; Lev 16:2; 22:2). As the next verse shows, Moses doubts that what he says will have the intended effect.

[12:33]  ² tn The verb used here (חָזַק, khazaq) is the same verb used for Pharaoh’s heart being hardened. It conveys the idea of their being resolved or insistent in this – they were not going to change.

[12:33]  ³ tn The phrase uses two construct infinitives in a hendiadys, the first infinitive becoming the modifier.