Numbers 17:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The Israelites said to Moses, 'Behold, we perish! We are lost! We are all lost!'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֥ן גָּוַ֛עְנוּ אָבַ֖דְנוּ כֻּלָּ֥נוּ אָבָֽדְנ‪וּ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmərû bənê Yiśrāʾēl to-Mōšeh lēʾmōr behold gāwaʿnû ʾābadnû all-of-us ʾābadnû

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmərû*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they said
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *gāwaʿnû*: qal perfect, 1st common plural - we perish
• *ʾābadnû*: qal perfect, 1st common plural - we are lost
• *kullānû*: noun, masculine singular + 1st common plural suffix - all of us

Word Meanings

• *gāwaʿnû*: we perish/we die/we expire
• *ʾābadnû*: we are lost/we perish/we are destroyed