Numbers
Numbers 11:11–12
11So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? 12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
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Numbers 11:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Moses | מֹשֶׁ֜ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| asked | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Why | לָמָ֤ה | lā·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have You brought this trouble | הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙ | hă·rê·‘ō·ṯā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7489 be evil, bad |
| on Your servant | לְעַבְדֶּ֔ךָ | lə·‘aḇ·de·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| Why | וְלָ֛מָּה | wə·lām·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have I not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| found | מָצָ֥תִי | mā·ṣā·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| favor | חֵ֖ן | ḥên | Noun - masculine singular | H2580 favour, grace |
| in Your sight | בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ | bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| that You have laid | לָשׂ֗וּם | lā·śūm | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7760 put, place, set |
| upon me | עָלָֽי׃ | ‘ā·lāy | Preposition; first person common singular | H5921 height |
| the burden | מַשָּׂ֛א | maś·śā | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4853 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute |
| of all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| these | הַזֶּ֖ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | הָעָ֥ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
Numbers 11:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did I | הֶאָנֹכִ֣י | he·’ā·nō·ḵî | Article; Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| conceive | הָרִ֗יתִי | hā·rî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2029 conceive, become pregnant |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| these | הַזֶּ֔ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | הָעָ֣ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| Did I | אָנֹכִ֖י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| give them birth | יְלִדְתִּ֑יהוּ | yə·liḏ·tî·hū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| so that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| You should tell | תֹאמַ֨ר | ṯō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| me | אֵלַ֜י | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| Carry them | שָׂאֵ֣הוּ | śā·’ê·hū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| in your bosom | בְחֵיקֶ֗ךָ | ḇə·ḥê·qe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2436 bosom |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| a nurse | הָאֹמֵן֙ | hā·’ō·mên | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H539 confirm, support |
| carries | יִשָּׂ֤א | yiś·śā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| an infant | הַיֹּנֵ֔ק | hay·yō·nêq | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3243 suck |
| to | עַ֚ל | ‘al | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the land | הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| You swore to give | נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ | niš·ba‘·tā | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7650 swear |
| their fathers | לַאֲבֹתָֽיו׃ | la·’ă·ḇō·ṯāw | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1 father |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 11:11 Deuteronomy 1:12 · Exodus 5:22
Numbers 11:12 Isaiah 40:11 · Isaiah 49:23 · 1 Thessalonians 2:7 · Exodus 13:5 · Genesis 50:24 · Genesis 26:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.