Numbers 14:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear [it], (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁמְע֣וּ מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּֽי־הֶעֱלִ֧יתָ בְכֹחֲךָ֛ אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה מִקִּרְבּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer mōšeh to YHWH and will hear miṣrayim that you heʿĕlîṯā in your ḇĕḵōḥăḵā ʾēt-the hāʿām the this from his miqqirbô.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *heʿĕlîṯā*: hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you brought up
• *ḇĕḵōḥăḵā*: masculine singular noun with preposition and 2nd masculine singular suffix - with your strength
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *hāʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
• *miqqirbô*: masculine singular noun with preposition and 3rd masculine singular suffix - from its midst

Word Meanings

• *wayyōʾmer*: said/spoke/declared
• *heʿĕlîṯā*: brought up/raised up/led up
• *ḇĕḵōḥăḵā*: with your strength/power/might
• *hāʿām*: the people/nation
• *miqqirbô*: from its midst/from among them

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they [were], in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
• Josh 7:8-9 : 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
• Exod 32:11-14 : 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever. 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
• Deut 9:26-28 : 26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.