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Exodus 15:24

“And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לוּןlûwn · loon
H3885 · Hebrew
Definition
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Derivation
or לִין; a primitive root;
KJV renderings
abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּלֹּ֧נוּ — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/VNw3mp
Usage
Occurs 87 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:2Genesis 19:2Genesis 24:23Genesis 24:25Genesis 24:54

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לוּן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.