chide. Murmuring was good policy. They would not "dig" (as at Beer and Elim). to "beg "they were not ashamed. "Give us water. "See note on Exodus 15:24.
Why chide... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
wherefore. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Sept, and Syriac, read "And why".
tempt. put to the proof. Hebrew from nasah, to smell, hence, to try. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.