Numbers 14:3
Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
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ASV
And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
KJV
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?
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָמָ֣ה | ve.la.Mah | and <to> why? | H4100 → |
| יְ֠הוָה | Yah.weh | [is] Yahweh | H3068 → |
| מֵבִ֨יא | me.Vi' | bringing | H935 → |
| אֹתָ֜נוּ | 'o.Ta.nu | <obj.> us | H853 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| הָאָ֤רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| הַזֹּאת֙ | ha.zoT | <the> this | H2063 → |
| לִנְפֹּ֣ל | lin.Pol | to fall | H5307 → |
| בַּחֶ֔רֶב | ba.Che.rev | by the sword | H2719 → |
| נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ | na.Shei.nu | wives our | H802 → |
| וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ | ve.ta.Pe.nu | and little one[s] our | H2945 → |
| יִהְי֣וּ | yih.Yu | they will become | H1961 → |
| לָבַ֑ז | la.Vaz | <into> plunder | H957 → |
| הֲל֧וֹא | ha.Lo' | ¿ not | H3808 → |
| ט֦וֹב | Tov | good | H2896 → |
| לָ֖נוּ | La.nu | for <the> us | |
| שׁ֥וּב | shuv | [is] to return | H7725 → |
| מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ | mitz.Ra.ye.mah | Egypt towards | H4714 → |
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