Numbers

Numbers 20:3

³The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.