Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!” Young's Literal Translation and the sons of Israel say unto them, ‘Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety—for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.’ King James Bible And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Hebrew “If onlyמִֽי־ (mî-) Interjection Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix we had died מוּתֵ֤נוּ (mū·ṯê·nū) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill by the LORD’s יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel hand בְיַד־ (ḇə·yaḏ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Egypt!” מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa [they said]. בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son “There we sat בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ (bə·šiḇ·tê·nū) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against pots סִ֣יר (sîr) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook of meat הַבָּשָׂ֔ר (hab·bā·śār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man and ate בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ (bə·’ā·ḵə·lê·nū) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural Strong's 398: To eat our fill לָשֹׂ֑בַע (lā·śō·ḇa‘) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7648: Satisfaction, joy) of bread, לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain but כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you have brought הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם (hō·w·ṣê·ṯem) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim us into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that desert הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר (ham·miḏ·bār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech to starve בָּרָעָֽב׃ (bā·rā·‘āḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger this הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every assembly הַקָּהָ֥ל (haq·qā·hāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation to death!” לְהָמִ֛ית (lə·hā·mîṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 4191: To die, to kill |
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