King James Version

Numbers 20:2

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

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וְלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…הָ֥יָהhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מַ֖יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).לָעֵדָ֑הlaedahto assemblyעֵדָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to assembly”, the ordinary formH5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה).וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּvayiqahalvand assembleקָהַלconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and assemble”, the next action in the storyH6950to convokeassemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).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,…מֹשֶׁ֖הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.וְעַֽלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and 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,…אַהֲרֹֽןaharonAaronאַהֲרוֹןnoun, proper name — “Aaron”H175Aharon, the brother of MosesAaron.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there hath been no water for the company, and they are assembled against Moses, and against Aaron,

World English Bible

There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Darby Translation

And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Douay-Rheims

And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὕδωρ τῇ συναγωγῇ· καὶ ἠθροίσθησαν ἐπὶ Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρών.