Exodus 9:2

For if you refuse to release them ¹  and continue holding them, ² 

If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,

If you continue to oppress them and refuse to let them go,

If you refuse to release them and continue to hold on to them,

For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

"For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,

For if you refuse to release them ¹  and continue holding them, ² 

¹ tn The object “them” is implied in the context.

² tn עוֹד (’od), an adverb meaning “yet, still,” can be inflected with suffixes and used as a predicator of existence, with the nuance “to still be, yet be” (T. O. Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, 171-72, §137). Then, it is joined here with the Hiphil participle מַחֲזִיק (makhaziq) to form the sentence “you are still holding them.”