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Numbers 14:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!


Numbers 14:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 14:221 words
וַיִּלֹּנוּwayilōnûAnd stop
עַלʿalAbove
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
כֹּלkōlWhole
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
לוּIf
מַתְנוּmatənûDie
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אוֹʾwōDesire
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לוּIf
מָתְנוּmātənûDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּלֹּנוּwayilōnûAnd stop
עַלʿalAbove
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
כֹּלkōlWhole
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
לוּIf
מַתְנוּmatənûDie
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אוֹʾwōDesire
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לוּIf
מָתְנוּmātənûDie

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