Numbers
Numbers 14:3
3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | וְלָמָ֣ה | wə·lā·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| is the LORD | יְ֠הוָה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| bringing | מֵבִ֨יא | mê·ḇî | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| us | אֹתָ֜נוּ | ’ō·ṯā·nū | Direct object marker; first person common plural | H853 mark of the accusative |
| into | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| this | הַזֹּאת֙ | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | הָאָ֤רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| to fall | לִנְפֹּ֣ל | lin·pōl | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5307 fall, lie |
| by the sword | בַּחֶ֔רֶב | ba·ḥe·reḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| Our wives | נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ | nā·šê·nū | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| and children | וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ | wə·ṭap·pê·nū | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H2945 children |
| will become | יִהְי֣וּ | yih·yū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| plunder | לָבַ֑ז | lā·ḇaz | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H957 spoiling, robbery; spoil, booty |
| Would it not | הֲל֧וֹא | hă·lō·w | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be better | ט֦וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| for us | לָ֖נוּ | lā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | |
| to go back | שׁ֥וּב | šūḇ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7725 turn back, return |
| to Egypt | מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ | miṣ·rā·yə·māh | Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
Cross-references
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Numbers 14:31–32 · Jeremiah 9:3 · Psalm 78:40
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.