5:17 But Pharaoh replied, 1 “You are slackers! Slackers! 2 That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
[5:17] 1 tn Heb “And he said.”
[5:17] 2 tn Or “loafers.” The form נִרְפִּים (nirpim) is derived from the verb רָפָה (rafah), meaning “to be weak, to let oneself go.”
