And the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“We will go upנַעֲלֶהby the highway,בַּמְסִלָּהandוְifאִםwe drinkנִשְׁתֶּהyour water,מֵימֶיךָIאֲנִיand my livestock,וּמִקְנַיthen I will payוְנָתַתִּיits price.מִכְרָםOnlyרַקit is nothing:אֵין דָּבָרlet me pass throughאֶעֱבֹרָהon foot.”בְּרַגְלַי
Numbers 20:19
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:19, word by word
- And the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “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.
Where else “naale” appears- by the highwayמְסִלָּהmesila
highway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appears- we drinkנִשְׁתֶּהnishte
drink
Drink.
Where else “nishte” appears- your waterמֵימֶיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- and my livestockמִקְנַmikna
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikna” appears- then I will payנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- its priceמִכְרָmichra
price
What something costs or what is given for it; also its worth.
Where else “michra” appears- it is nothingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- let me pass throughאֶעֱבֹרָהeevora
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “eevora” appears- on footרַגְלַragla
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appears
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.