Exodus 16:3

Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data

"And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto them Would to

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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we had

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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by the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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of

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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when we

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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by the

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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סִיר

çîyr

H5518

a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook

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and when we did

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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to the

מָלֵא

mâlêʼ

H4392

full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully

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for ye have

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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us

יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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into this

מִדְבָּר

midbâr

H4057

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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to

שָׁחַט

shâchaṭ

H7819

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

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this

כֹּל

kôl

H3606

{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}

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קָהָל

qâhâl

H6951

assemblage (usually concretely)

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with

רָעָב

râʻâb

H7458

hunger (more or less extensive)

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Key Terms in This Verse

pots H5518

סִיר çîyr

a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook

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hunger H7458

רָעָב râʻâb

hunger (more or less extensive)

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assembly H6951

קָהָל qâhâl

assemblage (usually concretely)

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kill H7819

שָׁחַט shâchaṭ

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

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sat H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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died H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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whole H3606

כֹּל kôl

{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}

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full H4392

מָלֵא mâlêʼ

full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully

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wilderness H4057

מִדְבָּר midbâr

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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bread H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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Cross References

Exodus 17:3 cross-reference

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 t...

Deuteronomy 28:67 cross-reference

In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes whi...

Lamentations 4:9 cross-reference

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Jeremiah 2:6 cross-reference

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shado...

Numbers 14:2 cross-reference

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wi...

Exodus 2:23 cross-reference

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage...

1 Corinthians 4:8 cross-reference

Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

Joshua 7:7 cross-reference

And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o...

Job 3:20 cross-reference

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Numbers 11:15 cross-reference

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

Numbers 16:41 cross-reference

But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

2 Samuel 18:33 cross-reference

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so...

Numbers 16:13 cross-reference

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Exodus 5:21 cross-reference

And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay...

Job 3:1 cross-reference

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Deuteronomy 8:3 cross-reference

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but ...

Acts 26:29 cross-reference

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

2 Corinthians 11:1 cross-reference

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

Job 3:10 cross-reference

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

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