“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֤רֶבwayāreb
and it quarreledconjH7378
chide · complain · contend · debate ···
הָ/עָם֙hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
מֹשֶׁ֔הmōšeh
MosesnounH4872
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
תְּנוּtənw
giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ֥/נוּlānw
pron
מַ֖יִםmayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וְ/נִשְׁתֶּ֑הwənišəteh
so we may drinkconjH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
מֹשֶׁ֔הmōšeh
MosesnounH4872
מַהmah
why?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תְּרִיבוּ/ן֙təriybwn
are you quarreling !verbH7378
chide · complain · contend · debate ···
עִמָּדִ֔/יʿimādiy
with mepronH5978
by · from · me · mine ···
מַהmah
why?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תְּנַסּ֖וּ/ןtənaswn
are you putting to the test !verbH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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