Exodus 17:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?”

Exodus 17:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 17:219 words

וַיָּרֶבwayārevAnd toss

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

עִםʿimWith

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

תְּנוּtənûGive

לָנוּlānûTo

מַיִםmayimWaters

וְנִשְׁתֶּהwənišətehAnd imbibe

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָהֶםlāhemTo

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מַהmahWhat?

תְּרִיבוּןtərîvûnToss

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

מַהmahWhat?

תְּנַסּוּןtənasûnTest

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּרֶבwayārevAnd toss

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

עִםʿimWith

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

תְּנוּtənûGive

לָנוּlānûTo

מַיִםmayimWaters

וְנִשְׁתֶּהwənišətehAnd imbibe

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָהֶםlāhemTo

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מַהmahWhat?

תְּרִיבוּןtərîvûnToss

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

מַהmahWhat?

תְּנַסּוּןtənasûnTest

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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