And whyוְלָמָהhave you brought us upהֶעֱלִיתֻנוּfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםto bringלְהָבִיאusאֹתָנוּtoאֶלthisהַזֶּהevilהָרָעplace?הַמָּקוֹםIt is notלֹאa placeמְקוֹםof grainזֶרַעor figsוּתְאֵנָהorוְvinesגֶפֶןorוְpomegranates,רִמּוֹןandוּthere is noאַיִןwaterמַיִםto drink.”לִשְׁתּוֹת
Numbers 20:5
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:5, word by word
- have you brought us upהֶעֱלִיתֻheelitu
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heelitu” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- of grainזֶרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- or figsתְאֵנָהteena
fig
The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or pressed into cakes.
Where else “teena” appears- vinesגֶפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appears- pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimon
pomegranate
The red many-seeded fruit, or an ornament shaped like it.
Where else “rimon” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” 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
4And why have you brought the assembly of YHWH into this wilderness, to die there, we and our livestock?
5 · This verse (above)
6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces; and the glory of YHWH appeared to them.