Exodus 14:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מַה־תִּצְעַ֖ק אֵלָ֑י דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְיִסָּֽעוּ

Transliteration

wa-yyōmer YHWH ʾel-Mōšeh mah-tiṣʿaq ʾēlāy dabbēr ʾel-bənê-Yiśrāʾēl wə-yissāʿû

Grammar Details

*wa-yyōmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*mah*: interrogative - why
*tiṣʿaq*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you cry out
*ʾēlāy*: preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me
*dabbēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wə-yissāʿû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they shall set out

Word Meanings

*mah-tiṣʿaq*: why do you cry out?/what are you crying to me for?
*dabbēr*: speak/tell
*wə-yissāʿû*: and they shall set out/and they shall move forward/and they shall journey

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 7:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Ezra 10:4-5 : 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Neh 9:9 : 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Exod 17:4 : 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

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