Numbers 21:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.”

Numbers 21:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:518 words

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

בֵּאלֹהִיםbēʾlōhîmIn God

וּבְמֹשֶׁהûvəmōšehAnd in Moses

לָמָהlāmāhTo what?

הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּheʿĕlîtunûAscend

מִמִּצְרַיִםmimiṣərayimFrom Mitsrajim

לָמוּתlāmûtTo die

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֵיןʾênNonentity

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity

מַיִםmayimWaters

וְנַפְשֵׁנוּwənap̄əšēnûAnd soul

קָצָהqāṣāhBe

בַּלֶּחֶםbaleḥemIn food

הַקְּלֹקֵלhaqəlōqēlThe insubstantial

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

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