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Exodus 15:24

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

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וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּvayilonvand be leftלוּןconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be left”, the next action in the storyH3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).הָעָ֛םhaamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מֹשֶׁ֥הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.לֵּאמֹ֖רlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to 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, [id…מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, 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 senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.נִּשְׁתֶּֽהnishtehbanquetשָׁתָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “banquet”, an unfinished actionH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Young’s Literal Translation

And the people murmur against Moses, saying, 'What do we drink?'

World English Bible

The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

Darby Translation

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Douay-Rheims

And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ διεγόγγυζεν ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ Μωυσῇ, λέγοντες, τί πιόμεθα;

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