Numbers
Numbers 20:3–4
3The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! 4Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
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Numbers 20:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The people | הָעָ֖ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| quarreled | וַיָּ֥רֶב | way·yā·reḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7378 strive, contend |
| with | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| and said | וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| If only | וְל֥וּ | wə·lū | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H3863 if |
| we had perished | גָוַ֛עְנוּ | ḡā·wa‘·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H1478 expire perish, die |
| with our brothers | אַחֵ֖ינוּ | ’a·ḥê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H251 brother |
| before | לִפְנֵ֥י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Numbers 20:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | וְלָמָ֤ה | wə·lā·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have you brought | הֲבֵאתֶם֙ | hă·ḇê·ṯem | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| the LORD’s | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| assembly | קְהַ֣ל | qə·hal | Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| into | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| this | הַזֶּ֑ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| wilderness | הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר | ham·miḏ·bār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4057 mouth |
| for us | אֲנַ֖חְנוּ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| and our livestock | וּבְעִירֵֽנוּ׃ | ū·ḇə·‘î·rê·nū | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H1165 beasts, cattle |
| to die | לָמ֣וּת | lā·mūṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H4191 die |
| here | שָׁ֔ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 20:3 Exodus 17:2 · Numbers 16:31–35 · Numbers 14:1–2 · Exodus 16:2–3 · Numbers 11:33–34 · Numbers 11:1 · Numbers 16:49
Numbers 20:4 Exodus 17:3 · Psalm 106:21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.