| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 14:12:1 ⧉הֲלֹא־זֶ֣הhalozehis this not Exodus 14:12:2 ⧉הַדָּבָ֗רhadavarthe word Exodus 14:12:3 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֩asherthat Exodus 14:12:4 ⧉דִּבַּ֨רְנוּdibarnoowe spoke Exodus 14:12:5 ⧉אֵלֶ֤יךָeleykhato you Exodus 14:12:6 ⧉בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙bemitsrayimin Egypt Exodus 14:12:7 ⧉לֵאמֹ֔רlemorsaying Exodus 14:12:8 ⧉חֲדַ֥לkhadalleave Exodus 14:12:9 ⧉מִמֶּ֖נּוּmimennoous Exodus 14:12:10 ⧉וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣הvenaavdathat we may serve Exodus 14:12:11 ⧉אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִםetmitsrayimEgypt Exodus 14:12:12 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor Exodus 14:12:13 ⧉ט֥וֹבtovbetter Exodus 14:12:14 ⧉לָ֙נוּ֙lanufor us Exodus 14:12:15 ⧉עֲבֹ֣דavodto serve Exodus 14:12:16 ⧉אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִםetmitsrayimEgypt Exodus 14:12:17 ⧉מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּmimootenoothan our dying Exodus 14:12:18 ⧉בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃bamidbarin the wilderness |
| 12. Formal Translation Is this not the very word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying “Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians”? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. |
| 12. Dynamic Translation Did we not say to you in Egypt, “Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians”? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert. |