Exodus

Exodus 14:11–12

¹¹They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? ¹²Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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Exodus 14:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They said	וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Moses	מֹשֶׁה֒	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
Was it because	אֵין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
there were no	הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י	ha·mib·bə·lî	Preposition; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
graves	קְבָרִים֙	qə·ḇā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6913 grave, sepulchre
in Egypt	בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם	bə·miṣ·ra·yim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
that you brought us	לְקַחְתָּ֖נוּ	lə·qaḥ·tā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common plural	H3947 take
into the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
to die	לָמ֣וּת	lā·mūṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4191 die
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have you done	עָשִׂ֣יתָ	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
to us	לָּ֔נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
by bringing us out	לְהוֹצִיאָ֖נוּ	lə·hō·w·ṣî·’ā·nū	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common plural	H3318 go or come out
of Egypt	מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃	mim·miṣ·rā·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians

Exodus 14:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
not	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
say	דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ	dib·bar·nū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural	H1696 speak
to you	אֵלֶ֤יךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to
in Egypt	בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙	ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
Leave us alone	חֲדַ֥ל	ḥă·ḏal	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2308 cease
so that we may serve	וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה	wə·na·‘aḇ·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H5647 work, serve
the Egyptians	מִצְרָ֑יִם	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4713 Mitsrite
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it would have been better	ט֥וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
for us	לָ֙נוּ֙	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
to serve	עֲבֹ֣ד	‘ă·ḇōḏ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5647 work, serve
the Egyptians	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4713 Mitsrite
than to die	מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ	mim·mu·ṯê·nū	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common plural	H4191 die
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth

Cross-references

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Exodus 14:11 Psalm 106:7–8 · Numbers 14:1–4 · Exodus 15:23–24 · Exodus 17:2–3 · Exodus 16:2–3

Exodus 14:12 Jonah 4:3 · Jonah 4:8 · Exodus 6:9 · Exodus 3:9 · Exodus 5:21 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 1:24 · Hosea 4:17 · Mark 5:17–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.