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Numbers 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!


Numbers 20:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 20:312 words
וַיָּרֶבwayārevAnd toss
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
עִםʿimWith
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
וְלוּwəlûAnd if
גָוַעְנוּgāwaʿənûBreathe out
בִּגְוַעbigəwaʿIn breathe out
אַחֵינוּʾaḥênûBrother
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּרֶבwayārevAnd toss
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
עִםʿimWith
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
וְלוּwəlûAnd if
גָוַעְנוּgāwaʿənûBreathe out
בִּגְוַעbigəwaʿIn breathe out
אַחֵינוּʾaḥênûBrother
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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