You grumbledוַתֵּרָגְנוּin your tentsבְאָהֳלֵיכֶםand said,וַתֹּאמְרוּ“Because of YHWH’s hatredבְּשִׂנְאַת יְהוָהfor usאֹתָנוּhe has brought us outהוֹצִיאָנוּof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםto giveלָתֵתusאֹתָנוּinto the handבְּיַדof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיto destroy us.לְהַשְׁמִידֵנוּ
Deuteronomy 1:27
Study it in the app“You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because of YHWH’s hatred for us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to destroy us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:27, word by word
- You grumbledתֵּרָגְנוּteragnu
grumble
Grumble: complain under one's breath, rebelliously.
Where else “teragnu” appears- in your tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- and saidתֹּאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- “Because of YHWH’s hatredשִׂנְאַתsinat
hatred
Hatred.
Where else “sinat” appears- “Because of YHWH’s hatredיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he has brought us outהוֹצִיאָhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to giveתֵתtet
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tet” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- to destroy usהַשְׁמִידֵhashmide
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmide” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
26But you were not willing to go up, and you rebelled against the command of YHWH your Elohim.
27 · This verse (above)
28Where are we going up? Our brothers have melted our heart, saying, ‘A people greater and taller than we; cities great and fortified up to the heavens; and also we saw the sons of the Anakim there.’”