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Exodus 17:2

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And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink.	Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?	And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore the people^H5971 did chide^H7378 with Moses^H4872, and said^H559, Give^H5414 us water^H4325 that we may drink^H8354. And Moses^H4872 said^H559 unto them, Why chide^H7378 ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt^H5254 the LORD^H3068?

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּרֶב הָעָם עִם־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמְרוּ תְּנוּ־לָנוּ מַיִם וְנִשְׁתֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה מַה־תְּרִיבוּן עִמָּדִי מַה־תְּנַסּוּן אֶת־יְהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּ֤רֶב	va/i.Ya.rev	H7378	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it quarreled
הָ/עָם֙	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	H4872	HNp	Moses
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	va/i.Yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
תְּנוּ	te.nu-	H5414	HVqv2mp	give
לָ֥/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	to (the)/ us
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
וְ/נִשְׁתֶּ֑ה	ve./nish.Teh	H8354	HC/Vqi1cp	so/ we may drink
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
לָ/הֶם֙	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	to (the)/ them
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	H4872	HNp	Moses
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	why?
תְּרִיבוּ/ן֙	te.ri.Vu/n	H7378	HVqi2mp/Sn	are you quarreling/ !
עִמָּדִ֔/י	'i.ma.D/i	H5978	HR/Sp1cs	with/ me
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	why?
תְּנַסּ֖וּ/ן	te.na.Su/n	H5254	HVpi2mp/Sn	are you putting to (the) test/ !
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְהוָֽה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
• H5254 — נָסָה (nâçâh, naw-saw'): a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt; adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7378 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רוּב; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend; adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
• H8354 — שָׁתָה (shâthâh, shaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שָׁקָה.)

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• H5978 — עִמָּד (ʻimmâd, im-mawd'): prolonged for עִם; along with; against, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Give us — Genesis 30:1-2, 1 Samuel 8:6, Luke 15:12
• the people — Exodus 5:21, Exodus 14:11-12, Exodus 15:24, Exodus 16:2-3, Numbers 11:4-6, Numbers 14:2, Numbers 20:3-5, Numbers 21:5
• wherefore — Exodus 16:2, Exodus 17:7, Numbers 14:22, Deuteronomy 6:16, Psalms 78:18, Psalms 78:41, Psalms 78:56, Psalms 95:9, Psalms 106:14, Isaiah 7:12, Malachi 3:15, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 16:1-3, Luke 4:12, Acts 5:9, Acts 15:10, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Hebrews 3:9

Reciprocal references (10): Exodus 32:22, Numbers 11:1, Numbers 16:11, Deuteronomy 9:7, 1 Samuel 8:8, Psalms 81:7, Psalms 95:8, Proverbs 25:25, Mark 8:11, 1 Corinthians 10:10

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: MURMURING, WATER
• Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS, BLESSING, INGRATITUDE, ISRAEL, MEEKNESS, MERIBAH, MOSES, MURMURING, PRESUMPTION, TROUBLE

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