Essay for Exodus 5:12

וַיָּ֥פֶץ הָעָ֖ם בְּכָל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ קַ֖שׁ לַתֶּֽבֶן׃

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

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