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And allוַ כָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלgrumbledיִּלּוֹנוּagainstעַלMosesמֹשֶׁהand againstוְעַלAaronאַהֲרֹןin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
Exodus 16:2
Study it in the app“And all the community of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:2, word by word
- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- grumbledיִּלּוֹנוּyilonu
grumble
To complain in a low voice against someone, in discontent.
Where else “yilonu” appears- 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- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
1They set out from Elim, and all the community of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
2 · This verse (above)
3The sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of YHWH in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full! But you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”