וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה מִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹל֔וֹ לְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לֹ֤א יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וְגַ֥ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃
האָט פַּרעה געזאָגט: װער איז ה׳, אַז איך זאָל צוהערן צו זײַן קָול, אַװעקצולאָזן ישׂראל? ניט איך קען ה׳, און ניט איך װעל אױך אַװעקלאָזן ישׂראל.
Sha'arei Orah
Therefore, when Moshe went to Pharaoh as HaShem’s-יהו״ה emissary, blessed is He, he began with the word “Thus-Koh-כה,” since it is the opening by which to enter the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He. This is as written,224Exodus 5:1 “Afterwards, Moshe and Aharon came and said to Pharaoh, ‘Thus-Koh-כה said HaShem-יהו״ה, the God of Israel, ‘Send out My people etc.’” The next verse continues,225Exodus 5:2 “Pharaoh replied: ‘Who is HaShem-יהו״ה that I should heed His voice to send Israel out? I do not know HaShem-יהו״ה.” Moshe therefore responded, “If you do not know HaShem-יהו״ה, then what you must know is that the first gateway through which one enters the knowledge of Him, is His Divine quality called, ‘Thus-Koh-כה.’”