Exodus

Exodus 14:12

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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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
notהֲלֹא־hă·lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
sayדִּבַּ֨רְנוּdib·bar·nūVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common pluralH1696 speak
to youאֵלֶ֤יךָ’ê·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH413 motion to
in Egyptבְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ḇə·miṣ·ra·yimPreposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singularH4714 Egypt, Egyptians
Leave us aloneחֲדַ֥לḥă·ḏalVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH2308 cease
so that we may serveוְנַֽעַבְדָ֣הwə·na·‘aḇ·ḏāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralH5647 work, serve
the Egyptiansמִצְרָ֑יִםmiṣ·rā·yimNoun - proper - feminine singularH4713 Mitsrite
Forכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
it would have been betterט֥וֹבṭō·wḇAdjective - masculine singularH2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
for usלָ֙נוּ֙lā·nūPreposition; first person common plural
to serveעֲבֹ֣ד‘ă·ḇōḏVerb - Qal - Infinitive constructH5647 work, serve
the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֔יִםmiṣ·ra·yimNoun - proper - feminine singularH4713 Mitsrite
than to dieמִמֻּתֵ֖נוּmim·mu·ṯê·nūPreposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common pluralH4191 die
in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃bam·miḏ·bārPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4057 mouth

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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.