Study it in the app“The people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it you brought us up from Egypt to kill me and my sons and my livestock with thirst?””
The peopleהָעָםthirstedוַיִּצְמָאthereשָׁםfor water,לַמַּיִםand the peopleוַ הָעָםgrumbledיָּלֶןagainstעַלMosesמֹשֶׁהand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whyלָמָּהis itזֶּהyou brought us upהֶעֱלִיתָנוּfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםto killלְהָמִיתmeאֹתִיand my sonsוְאֶת בָּנַיand my livestockוְאֶת מִקְנַיwith thirst?”בַּצָּמָא
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsbe thirsty
Be thirsty.
Where else “yitsma” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsgrumble
To complain in a low voice against someone, in discontent.
Where else “yalen” appearsMoses
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heelita” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamit” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appearslivestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikna” appearsthirst
Thirst.
Where else “tsama” 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).
2The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test YHWH?”
3 · This verse (above)
4Moses cried out to YHWH, saying, “What shall I do with this people? A little more and they will stone me.”
