Exodus 17:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּצְעַ֤ק מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה ע֥וֹד מְעַ֖ט וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And wa-yitsʿaq mōsheh unto-YHWH lēʾmōr what ʾeʿĕśeh to-the-ʿām the-this ʿôd məʿaṭ and-ûsəqālunî.

Grammar Details

*wa-yitsʿaq*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he cried out
*mōsheh*: proper noun - Moses
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
*ʾeʿĕśeh*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will do/make
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
*ʿôd*: adverb - yet/still
*məʿaṭ*: masculine singular adjective - little/few
*ûsəqālunî*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - and they will stone me

Word Meanings

*wa-yitsʿaq*: cried out/called out/cried for help
*lēʾmōr*: saying/speaking
*ʾeʿĕśeh*: I will do/make/act
*ʿôd*: yet/still/again
*məʿaṭ*: little/small/few
*ûsəqālunî*: and they will stone me/kill me by stoning

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Referenced Verses

Num 14:10 : 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
John 8:59 : 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Acts 14:19 : 19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Acts 7:50 : 50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
Num 16:19 : 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
Exod 15:25 : 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Num 11:11 : 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Exod 14:15 : 15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 32:11-12
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11And 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?
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Exod 15:24
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78%
5And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
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Num 14:10-11
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10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
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Num 21:5
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Exod 19:17
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