| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 20:3:1 ⧉וַיָּ֥רֶבvayarevand quarreled Numbers 20:3:2 ⧉הָעָ֖םhaamthe people Numbers 20:3:3 ⧉עִם־מֹשֶׁ֑הimmoshehwith Moses Numbers 20:3:4 ⧉וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvayomruand said Numbers 20:3:5 ⧉לֵאמֹ֔רlemorsaying Numbers 20:3:6 ⧉וְל֥וּveluif only Numbers 20:3:7 ⧉גָוַ֛עְנוּgavannuwe had died Numbers 20:3:8 ⧉בִּגְוַ֥עbigvawhen died Numbers 20:3:9 ⧉אַחֵ֖ינוּakhenuour brothers Numbers 20:3:10 ⧉לִפְנֵ֥יlifneibefore Numbers 20:3:11 ⧉יְהוָֽה׃yahwehthe LORD |
| 3. Formal Translation And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died in the dying of our brothers before the LORD {Yahweh, Righteous Judge}." |
| 3. Dynamic Translation The people argued with Moses and said, "Why did we not die when our brothers died before the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Arbiter}?" |