Numbers 20:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֥יו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ בַּֽמְסִלָּ֣ה נַעֲלֶה֒ וְאִם־מֵימֶ֤יךָ נִשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲנִ֣י וּמִקְנַ֔י וְנָתַתִּ֖י מִכְרָ֑ם רַ֥ק אֵין־דָּבָ֖ר בְּרַגְלַ֥י אֶֽעֱבֹֽרָה

Transliteration

And-yōʾmərû to-him bənê-yiśrāʾēl in-the-məsillâ naʿăleh and-if-mêmeykā ništeh ʾănî and-miqnay and-nātattî mikrām only ʾên-dābār with-my-feet ʾeʿĕbōrâ

Grammar Details

*yōʾmərû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd plural - and they said
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*məsillâ*: feminine singular with definite article - the highway
*naʿăleh*: qal imperfect 1st plural - we will go up
*mêmeykā*: masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your waters
*ništeh*: qal imperfect 1st plural - we will drink
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*miqnay*: masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my livestock
*nātattî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I will give
*mikrām*: masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their price
*ʾên*: construct state particle of negation - there is not
*dābār*: masculine singular - thing/matter
*ʾeʿĕbōrâ*: qal cohortative 1st singular - let me pass

Word Meanings

*bənê*-*yiśrāʾēl*: children of Israel/Israelites
*məsillâ*: highway/main road
*naʿăleh*: go up/travel
*mêmeykā*: your waters
*miqnay*: my livestock/cattle
*nātattî* *mikrām*: I will give their price/I will pay for them
*ʾên*-*dābār*: no matter/nothing
*ʾeʿĕbōrâ*: let me pass through

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 2:6 : 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Deut 2:28 : 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Exod 12:38 : 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 20:17-18
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85%
17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Num 21:21-22
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82%
21And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
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Deut 2:27-29
3 verses
82%
27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
28Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
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Num 20:20-21
2 verses
81%
20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
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Judg 11:16-19
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76%
16But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
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2 Kgs 3:8-9
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75%
8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
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Gen 33:12-14
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Deut 2:6
71%
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Exod 17:1-3
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71%
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Exod 17:6
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Deut 2:8
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Judg 19:19-20
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19Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
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Num 21:16
70%
16And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Exod 2:19
70%
19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
Num 20:13-14
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69%
13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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Exod 15:22
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22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Judg 19:12
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Gen 30:31
69%
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2 Kgs 3:20
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Gen 18:4
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Num 20:4-5
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4And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
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Exod 14:22
68%
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Deut 1:40
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2 Kgs 6:3
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