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And whyוְלָמָהhave you broughtהֲבֵאתֶםthe assemblyאֶת קְהַלof YHWHיְהוָהintoאֶלthisהַזֶּהwilderness,הַמִּדְבָּרto dieלָמוּתthere,שָׁםweאֲנַחְנוּand our livestock?וּבְעִירֵנוּ
Numbers 20:4
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Numbers 20:4, word by word
- have you broughtהֲבֵאתֶםhavetem
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havetem” appears- the assemblyקְהַלkehal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehal” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- to dieמוּתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears- and our livestockבְעִירֵveire
animals, livestock
Beasts of burden, livestock.
Where else “veire” appears
The context
3And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had expired when our brothers expired before YHWH!
4 · This verse (above)
5And why have you brought us up from Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”