Numbers 14:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
(vai·yo·me·ru)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to oneאִ֣ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
another,אָחִ֑יו
(a·chiv;)
251: a brotherfrom an unused word
"Let us appointנִתְּנָ֥ה
(nit·te·nah)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
a leaderרֹ֖אשׁ
(rosh)
7218: heada prim. root
and returnוְנָשׁ֥וּבָה
(ve·na·shu·vah)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
to Egypt."מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
(mitz·ra·ye·mah.)
4714: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africaof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
And they said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
one
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
to another
'ach  (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
Let us make
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
a captain
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
and let us return
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
into Egypt
Mitsrayim  (mits-rah'-yim)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt."

King James Bible
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and go back to Egypt."

International Standard Version
Then they told each other, "Let's assign a leader and go back to Egypt."

NET Bible
So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and return to Egypt."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They said to each other, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt."

King James 2000 Bible
And they said one to another, Let us choose a leader, and let us return into Egypt.
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