Exodus 17:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”

Exodus 17:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 17:320 words

וַיִּצְמָאwayiṣəmāʾAnd thirst

שָׁםšāmThere

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

לַמַּיִםlamayimTo waters

וַיָּלֶןwayālenAnd stop

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

עַלʿalAbove

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

זֶּהzehThis

הֶעֱלִיתָנוּheʿĕlîtānûAscend

מִמִּצְרַיִםmimiṣərayimFrom Mitsrajim

לְהָמִיתləhāmîtTo die

אֹתִיʾōtî—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּנַיbānaySon

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מִקְנַיmiqənayBought

בַּצָּמָאbaṣāmāʾIn thirst

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּצְמָאwayiṣəmāʾAnd thirst

שָׁםšāmThere

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

לַמַּיִםlamayimTo waters

וַיָּלֶןwayālenAnd stop

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

עַלʿalAbove

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

זֶּהzehThis

הֶעֱלִיתָנוּheʿĕlîtānûAscend

מִמִּצְרַיִםmimiṣərayimFrom Mitsrajim

לְהָמִיתləhāmîtTo die

אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּנַיbānaySon

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִקְנַיmiqənayBought

בַּצָּמָאbaṣāmāʾIn thirst

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