Num 17:12 | NETfull | STEP | The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!

Numbers 17:12

12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! ^{▼▼ The use of הֵן (hen) and the perfect tense in the nuance of a prophetic perfect expresses their conviction that they were bound to die – it was certain (see GKC 312-13 #106.n).} We perish, we all perish!