Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 14:13-16

13And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,Then the EgyptiansH4714shall hearוְשָׁמְע֣וּve.sha.me.'UH8085it, (for thou broughtest upהֶעֱלִ֧יתָhe.'e.Li.taH5927this peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971in thy mightבְכֹחֲךָ֛ve.kho.cha.KhaH3581from amongמִקִּרְבּֽוֹ׃mi.kir.BoH7130them;)

14And they will tellוְאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.RuH559itto the inhabitantsיוֹשֵׁב֮yo.ShevH3427of this landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776: forthey have heardשָֽׁמְעוּ֙sha.me.'UH8085that thou Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068artamongבְּקֶ֖רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130this peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,that thou Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068art seenנִרְאָ֣ה׀nir.'AhH7200faceעַ֨יִן'A.yinH5869to faceבְּעַ֜יִןbe.'A.yinH5869, and thatthy cloudוַעֲנָֽנְךָ֙va.'a.na.ne.KhaH6051standethעֹמֵ֣ד'o.MedH5975over them, and thatthou goestהֹלֵ֤ךְho.LekhH1980beforeלִפְנֵיהֶם֙lif.nei.HemH6440them, by day timeיוֹמָ֔םyo.MamH3119in a pillarוּבְעַמֻּ֣דu.ve.'a.MudH5982of a cloudעָנָ֗ן'a.NanH6051,and in a pillarוּבְעַמּ֥וּדu.ve.'a.MudH5982of fireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784by nightלָֽיְלָה׃La.ye.lahH3915.

15Now ifthou shalt killוְהֵמַתָּ֛הve.he.ma.TahH4191allthis peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971as oneאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259manכְּאִ֣ישׁke.'IshH376,then the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471which have heardשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085the fameשִׁמְעֲךָ֖shim.'a.KhaH8088of thee will speakוְאָֽמְרוּ֙ve.'a.me.RuH559,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

16Because Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068was notמִבִּלְתִּ֞יmi.bil.TiH1115ableיְכֹ֣לֶתye.Kho.letH3201to bringלְהָבִיא֙le.ha.Vi'H935this peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971into the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776which he swareנִשְׁבַּ֣עnish.Ba'H7650unto them, therefore he hath slainוַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖םvai.yish.cha.TemH7819them in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

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