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our fathersאֲבֹתֵינוּwent downוַיֵּרְדוּto Egypt,מִצְרַיְמָהand we livedוַנֵּשֶׁבin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםmanyרַבִּיםdays,יָמִיםand the Egyptiansוַ מִצְרַיִםdealt badlyיָּרֵעוּwith usלָנוּandוְwith our fathers.לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ
Numbers 20:15
Study it in the app“our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians dealt badly with us and with our fathers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:15, word by word
- our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- went downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- and we livedנֵּשֶׁבneshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “neshev” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- dealt badlyיָּרֵעוּyareu
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “yareu” 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
14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us:
15 · This verse (above)
16And we cried out to YHWH, and he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And look, we are in Kadesh, a city at the edge of your territory.