הַזֶּ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַזֶּ֖ה

   ha-ZE

   this
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה

   et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE

   the whole assembly this
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְהָמִ֛ית אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בָּרָעָֽב׃

   ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV

   for you brought out us to the wilderness this to kill the whole assembly this with hunger
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן מוּתֵ֤נוּ בְיַד־יְהוָה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־סִ֣יר הַבָּשָׂ֔ר בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ לֶ֖חֶם לָשֹׂ֑בַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְהָמִ֛ית אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בָּרָעָֽב׃

   va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV

   sons of Israel {And They} said to them if only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt when we sat by the pot of the meat when we ate bread to fullness for you brought out us to the wilderness this to kill the whole assembly this with hunger

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘for’ introduces hotsetem otanu {הוֹצֵאתֶם אוֹתָנוּ | hō-ṣê-ʾe-tem ʾō-tā-nû} ‘you brought us out’ (Hifil perfect), followed by the purpose infinitive lehamit {לְהָמִית | lə-hā-mîṯ} ‘to cause to die’ applied to et-kol-hakahal hazeh {אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה | ʾet-kol-ha-qā-hāl haz-zēh}, ‘this entire assembly,’ concluding with baraav {בָּרָעָב | ba-rā-ʿāḇ} ‘in famine.’ The English renderings recast the Hebrew wish as a conditional lament, preserve the ‘hand’ metaphor for divine action, and reframe infinitives as temporal clauses, contrasting remembered abundance with the threat of starvation.