Hebrew Interlinear
Exodus 16:3 Interlinear
“said And the children of Israel unto them Would to God to kill by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt when we sat pots by the flesh and when we did eat bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ | H559 | said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | אֲלֵהֶ֜ם | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 3 | בְּנֵ֣י | H1121 | And the children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 4 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 5 | מִֽי | H4310 | unto them Would to God | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix |
| 6 | יִתֵּ֨ן | H5414 | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | |
| 7 | לְהָמִ֛ית | H4191 | to kill | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 8 | בְיַד | H3027 | by the hand | a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v |
| 9 | יְהוָה֙ | H3068 | of the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 10 | בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | H776 | in the land | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 11 | מִצְרַ֔יִם | H4714 | of Egypt | mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt |
| 12 | בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ | H3427 | when we sat | properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry |
| 13 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 14 | סִ֣יר | H5518 | pots | a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook |
| 15 | הַבָּשָׂ֔ר | H1320 | by the flesh | flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man |
| 16 | בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ | H398 | and when we did eat | to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| 17 | לֶ֖חֶם | H3899 | bread | food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) |
| 18 | לָשֹׂ֑בַע | H7648 | to the full | satisfaction (of food or [figuratively] joy) |
| 19 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 20 | הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם | H3318 | for ye have brought us forth | to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim |
| 21 | אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 22 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 23 | הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר | H4057 | into this wilderness | a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert |
| 24 | הַזֶּ֔ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 25 | לְהָמִ֛ית | H4191 | to kill | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 26 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 27 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 28 | הַקָּהָ֥ל | H6951 | this whole assembly | assemblage (usually concretely) |
| 29 | הַזֶּ֖ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 30 | בָּֽרָעָֽב׃ | H7458 | with hunger | hunger (more or less extensive) |
Verse Context
Exodus 16:2murmured And the whole congregation of the children of Israel ...
Exodus 16:3 (current)said And the children of Israel unto them Would to God to kill by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt when we sat pots by the flesh and when we did eat bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger
Exodus 16:4Then said the LORD unto Moses Behold I will rain...