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And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto oneאִישׁanother,אֶל אָחִי“Let us appointו נִתְּנָהa headרֹאשׁand returnוְנָשׁוּבָהto Egypt.”מִצְרָיְמָה
Numbers 14:4
Study it in the app“And they said to one another, “Let us appoint a head and return to Egypt.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:4, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- to oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- anotherאָחִיachi
one another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears- “Let us appointנִתְּנָהnitna
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “nitna” appears- a headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- and returnנָשׁוּבָהnashuva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “nashuva” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” 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
3And why is YHWH bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4 · This verse (above)
5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the community of the sons of Israel.