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Mosesמֹשֶׁהcried outוַיִּצְעַקto YHWH,אֶל יְהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whatמָהshall I doאֶעֱשֶׂהwith thisהַזֶּהpeople?לָעָםA littleמְעַטmoreעוֹדand they will stone me.”וּסְקָלֻנִי
Exodus 17:4
Study it in the app“Moses cried out to YHWH, saying, “What shall I do with this people? A little more and they will stone me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 17:4, word by word
- 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- cried outיִּצְעַקyitsak
cry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “yitsak” appears- to YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- shall I doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- A littleמְעַטmeat
almost
A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.
Where else “meat” appears- and they will stone meסְקָלֻsekalu
stone
To pelt someone with rocks, or kill them so.
Where else “sekalu” appears
The context
3The 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?”
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your staff, with which you struck the Nile, take in your hand, and go.