Is it too littleהַמְעַטthatכִּיyou have broughtהֶעֱלִיתָusנוּup out of a landמֵאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honeyוּדְבַשׁto kill usלַהֲמִיתֵנוּin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרthatכִּיyou should make yourself a princeתִשְׂתָּרֵרover us,עָלֵינוּevenגַּםmake yourself a prince?הִשְׂתָּרֵר
Numbers 16:13
Study it in the app“Is it too little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, that you should make yourself a prince over us, even make yourself a prince?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:13, word by word
- Is it too littleמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- you have broughtהֶעֱלִיתָheelita
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heelita” appears- up out of a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- flowingזָבַתzavat
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zavat” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and honeyדְבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- to kill usהֲמִיתֵhamite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamite” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- you should make yourself a princeתִשְׂתָּרֵרtistarer
rule as prince
Rule as a prince; make oneself a prince over others.
Where else “tistarer” appears
Translation note
They call Egypt, the place of their slavery, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”
The context
12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.
13 · This verse (above)
14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us an inheritance of field and vineyard. Will you gouge out the eyes of those men? We will not come up!”