Numbers 20:19

“And the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay its price. Only it is nothing: let me pass through on foot.””

Numbers 20:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 20:19, word by word

And the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of 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.

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saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“We will go upנַעֲלֶהnaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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by the highwayמְסִלָּהmesila

highway

Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.

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we drinkנִשְׁתֶּהnishte

drink

Drink.

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your waterמֵימֶיmeme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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and my livestockמִקְנַmikna

livestock

Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.

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then I will payנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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its priceמִכְרָmichra

price

What something costs or what is given for it; also its worth.

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it is nothingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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let me pass throughאֶעֱבֹרָהeevora

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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on footרַגְלַragla

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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The context

18But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

19 · This verse (above)

20But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against him with a heavy force and with a strong hand.

Read all of Numbers 20

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