“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
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לָ/מָ֣הwəlāmāh
and why?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יְ֠הוָהyəhwāh
is YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מֵבִ֨יאmēbiyʾ
bringingverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֹתָ֜/נוּʾōtānw
usparticleH853
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָ֤רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
הַ/זֹּאת֙hazōʾt
thisparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
לִ/נְפֹּ֣לlinəpōl
to fallpronH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
בַּ/חֶ֔רֶבbaḥereb
by the swordpronH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
נָשֵׁ֥י/נוּnāšēynw
wives ournounH802
each · every · female · many ···
וְ/טַפֵּ֖/נוּwəṭapēnw
and little ones ourconjH2945
families
יִהְי֣וּyihəyw
they will becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/בַ֑זlābaz
plunderpronH957
prey · spoil
הֲ/ל֧וֹאhălwōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
ט֦וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָ֖/נוּlānw
pron
שׁ֥וּבšwb
is to returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
מִצְרָֽיְמָ/הmiṣərāyəmāh
Egypt towardsnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
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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