Study it in the app“The 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.””
The sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto them,אֲלֵהֶם“If onlyמִי יִתֵּןwe had diedמוּתֵנוּby the handבְיַדof YHWHיְהוָהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםwhen we satבְּשִׁבְתֵּנוּbyעַלthe potsסִירof meat,הַבָּשָׂרwhen we ateבְּאָכְלֵנוּbreadלֶחֶםto the full!לָשֹׂבַעButכִּיyou have broughtהוֹצֵאתֶםusאֹתָנוּout intoאֶלthisהַזֶּהwildernessהַמִּדְבָּרto killלְהָמִיתthisהַזֶּהwholeאֶת כָּלassemblyהַקָּהָלwith hunger.”בָּרָעָב
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mute” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsYHWH
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” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shivte” appearspot
A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.
Where else “sir” appearsmeat
Meat to eat.
Where else “basar” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achle” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsfullness, being satisfied
Fullness: eating until satisfied; also abundance.
Where else “sova” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsetem” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsEgypt
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).
2And all the community of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
3 · This verse (above)
4YHWH said to Moses, “Look, I am going to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I may test them, whether they will walk in my instruction or not.
