Numbers 20:3
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
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ASV
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
KJV
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֥רֶב | vai.Ya.rev | and it quarreled | H7378 → |
| הָעָ֖ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| עִם־ | 'im- | with | H5973 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mo.Sheh | Moses | H4872 → |
| וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | vai.yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| וְל֥וּ | ve.Lu | and if | H3863 → |
| גָוַ֛עְנוּ | ga.Va'.nu | we had died | H1478 → |
| בִּגְוַ֥ע | big.Va' | when died | H1478 → |
| אַחֵ֖ינוּ | 'a.Chei.nu | brothers our | H251 → |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
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