And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהsentיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםfrom Kadeshמִקָּדֵשׁtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Edom:אֱדוֹם“Thusכֹּהsaysאָמַרyour brotherאָחִיךָIsrael:יִשְׂרָאֵלYouאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּallאֵת כָּלthe hardshipהַתְּלָאָהthatאֲשֶׁרhas found us:מְצָאָתְנוּ
Numbers 20:14
Study it in the app“And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:14, word by word
- And 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- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- messengersמַלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- from Kadeshקָּדֵשׁkadesh
Kadesh
Kadesh, an oasis in the wilderness south of Canaan; later a camp of Israel.
Where else “kadesh” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- the hardshipתְּלָאָהtelaa
hardship
Hardship, wearying trouble.
Where else “telaa” appears- has found usמְצָאָתְmetsaat
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “metsaat” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
13These are the waters of Meribah, where the sons of Israel quarreled with YHWH, and he showed himself holy among them.
14 · This verse (above)
15our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians dealt badly with us and with our fathers.