KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 16:2 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the whole” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | whole |
| “congregation” | עֲדַ֧ת | A stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) | congregation |
| “of the children” | בְּנֵֽי | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “murmured” | וַיִּלִּיֹנוּ | To stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain) | murmured |
| “against” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “Moses” | מֹשֶׁ֥ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “and Aaron” | אַהֲרֹ֖ן | Aharon, the brother of Moses | Aaron |
| “in the wilderness:” | בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | A pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); also speech (including its organs) | wilderness |
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1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
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