Numbers
Numbers 32:7
7Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | וְלָ֣מָּה | wə·lām·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| are you discouraging | תְנוּאוּן | ṯə·nū·ʾūn | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H5106 hinder, restrain, frustrate |
| the Israelites | בְּנֵ֣י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| from crossing | מֵֽעֲבֹר֙ | mê·‘ă·ḇōr | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| into | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the land | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has given | נָתַ֥ן | nā·ṯan | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| them | לָהֶ֖ם | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.