And wherefore hath the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
brought
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
us unto this land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
to fall
naphal (naw-fal')
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
by the sword
chereb (kheh'-reb)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
that our wives
'ishshah (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
and our children
taph (taf)
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) -- (little) children (ones), families.
should be a prey
baz (baz)
plunder -- booty, prey, spoil(-ed).
were it not better
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
for us to 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.
