They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Is it becauseהַמִבְּלִיthere are noאֵיןgravesקְבָרִיםin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםthat you have taken usלְקַחְתָּנוּto dieלָמוּתin the wilderness?בַּמִּדְבָּרWhatמַהis thisזֹּאתyou have doneעָשִׂיתָto us,לָּנוּbringing us outלְהוֹצִיאָנוּof Egypt?מִמִּצְרָיִם
Exodus 14:11
Study it in the app“They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us to die in the wilderness? What is this you have done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:11, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “Is it becauseבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- gravesקְבָרִיםkevarim
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kevarim” appears- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- that you have taken usלְקַחְתָּlekachta
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lekachta” appears- to dieמוּתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- bringing us outהוֹצִיאָhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” 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
10As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and look, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid, and the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH.
11 · This verse (above)
12Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”