New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 17:2-4

2So the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971quarreledוַיָּ֤רֶבvai.Ya.revH7378with Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872and saidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, “Giveתְּנוּ־te.nu-H5414us waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325so that we may drinkוְנִשְׁתֶּ֑הve.nish.TehH8354!”And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Whyמַה־mah-H4100do you quarrelתְּרִיבוּן֙te.ri.VunH7378with me?Whyמַה־mah-H4100do you testתְּנַסּ֖וּןte.na.SunH5254the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068?”

3But the peopleH5971wereH6770thirstyוַיִּצְמָ֨אvai.yitz.Ma'H6770for waterלַמַּ֔יִםla.Ma.yimH4325thereשָׁ֤םshamH8033; and theygrumbledוַיָּ֥לֶןvai.Ya.lenH3885againstעַל־'al-H5921Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872and saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100is it that you have broughtהֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּhe.'e.li.Ta.nuH5927us upH5927from Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,to killלְהָמִ֥יתle.ha.MitH4191us andour childrenבָּנַ֥יba.NaiH1121andour livestockמִקְנַ֖יmik.NaiH4735with thirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'H6772?”

4So Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872criedH6817outH6817to the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Whatמָ֥הmahH4100am I to doאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה'e.'e.SehH6213with thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088peopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971? Alittleמְעַ֖טme.'AtH4592moreע֥וֹדodH5750and they will stoneוּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃u.se.ka.Lu.niH5619me!”

Read all of Exodus 17

Commentaries on Exodus 17