Numbers
Numbers 20:4
4Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
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| 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 |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.