Numbers 14:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֑יו נִתְּנָ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmĕrû ʾîš to his ʾāḥîw we shall nittĕnâ rōʾš and we shall wĕnāšûḇâ to miṣrāymâ.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmĕrû*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd plural - and they said
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - each man
*ʾāḥîw*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother
*nittĕnâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st plural - let us appoint
*rōʾš*: masculine singular noun - head/leader
*wĕnāšûḇâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st plural with vav consecutive - and let us return
*miṣrāymâ*: proper noun with directional he - to Egypt

Word Meanings

*ʾîš*: man/each one/person
*ʾāḥîw*: brother/fellow/companion
*nittĕnâ*: let us give/appoint/make
*rōʾš*: head/leader/chief
*wĕnāšûḇâ*: let us return/go back/turn back

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Acts 7:39 : 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Heb 11:15 : 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
2 Pet 2:21-22 : 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Deut 28:68 : 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Neh 9:16-17 : 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, 17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Luke 17:32 : 32 Remember Lot's wife.

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