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

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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