Numbers 14:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?”

Numbers 14:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 14:318 words

וְלָמָהwəlāmāhAnd to what?

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מֵבִיאmēvîʾGo

אֹתָנוּʾōtānû—

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לִנְפֹּלlinəpōlTo fall

בַּחֶרֶבbaḥerevIn drought

נָשֵׁינוּnāšênûWoman

וְטַפֵּנוּwəṭapēnûAnd family

יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

לָבַזlāvazTo plunder

הֲלוֹאhălwōʾNot

טוֹבṭwōvGood

לָנוּlānûTo

שׁוּבšûvTurn

מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim

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

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