Revised Version 1895

Exodus 17:2-7

2Wherefore thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971strove withMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559,Giveתְּנוּ־te.nu-H5414usH5414waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325that we maydrinkוְנִשְׁתֶּ֑הve.nish.TehH8354. AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,Whyמַה־mah-H4100striveH7378ye withmeH5414? whereforedoמַה־mah-H4100ye tempt theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068?

3And thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thirstedוַיִּצְמָ֨אvai.yitz.Ma'H6770there forwaterלַמַּ֔יִםla.Ma.yimH4325; and thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971murmuredוַיָּ֥לֶןvai.Ya.lenH3885againstH5921Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872, andsaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Wherefore hast thoubroughtהֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּhe.'e.li.Ta.nuH5927usH5921upH5927outלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, tokillלְהָמִ֥יתle.ha.MitH4191usH5921and ourchildrenבָּנַ֥יba.NaiH1121and ourcattleמִקְנַ֖יmik.NaiH4735withthirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'H6772?

4AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872criedוַיִּצְעַ֤קvai.yitz.'AkH6817unto theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Whatמָ֥הmahH4100shall Idoאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה'e.'e.SehH6213unto thispeopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971? they bealmostמְעַ֖טme.'AtH4592ready tostoneוּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃u.se.ka.Lu.niH5619meאֶל־'el-H413.

5And theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872,Passעֲבֹר֙'a.VorH5674onbeforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, andtakeוְקַ֥חve.KachH3947with thee of theeldersמִזִּקְנֵ֣יmi.zik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; and thyrodוּמַטְּךָ֗u.ma.te.KhaH4294, wherewith thou smotest theriverהַיְאֹ֔רhay.'OrH2975,takeקַ֥חkachH3947in thinehandבְּיָדְךָ֖be.ya.de.KhaH3027, andgoוְהָלָֽכְתָּ׃ve.ha.La.khe.taH1980.

6Beholdהִנְנִ֣יhi.NiH2005, I willstandעֹמֵד֩'o.MedH5975beforeלְפָנֶ֨יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee thereuponעַֽל־'al-H5921therockהַצּוּר֮ha.TzurH6697inHorebבְּחֹרֵב֒be.cho.RevH2722; and thou shaltsmiteוְהִכִּ֣יתָve.hi.Ki.taH5221therockבַצּ֗וּרva.TzurH6697, and there shallcomeוְיָצְא֥וּve.ya.tze.'UH3318waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325outH3318of it, that thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971maydrinkוְשָׁתָ֣הve.sha.TahH8354. AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872didוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soכֵּן֙kenH3651in thesightלְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.NeiH5869of theeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

7And hecalledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034of theplaceהַמָּק֔וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Massahמַסָּ֖הma.SahH4532, andMeribahוּמְרִיבָ֑הu.me.ri.VahH4809,becauseH5921of the striving of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andbecauseH5921theytemptedנַסֹּתָ֤םna.so.TamH5254theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Is theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068amongusH5921, ornotאָֽיִן׃ פ'A.yinH369?

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