And sayתֹּאמַרto the people,וְאֶל הָעָם‘Sanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדְּשׁוּfor tomorrow,לְמָחָרand you shall eatוַאֲכַלְתֶּםmeat;בָּשָׂרforכִּיyou have weptבְּכִיתֶםin the earsבְּאָזְנֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whoמִיwill give us to eatיַאֲכִלֵנוּmeat?בָּשָׂרForכִּיit was goodטוֹבfor usלָנוּin Egypt.”בְּמִצְרָיִםSo YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill giveנָתַןyouלָכֶםmeat,בָּשָׂרand you shall eat.וַאֲכַלְתֶּם
Numbers 11:18
Study it in the app“And say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of YHWH, saying, “Who will give us to eat meat? For it was good for us in Egypt.” So YHWH will give you meat, and you shall eat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:18, word by word
- And sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- ‘Sanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדְּשׁוּhitkadshu
sanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadshu” appears- for tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- and you shall eatאֲכַלְתֶּםachaltem
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achaltem” appears- meatבָּשָׂרbasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “basar” appears- you have weptבְּכִיתֶםbechitem
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “bechitem” appears- in the earsאָזְנֵיazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- it was goodטוֹבtov
go well
That things turn out well, that it goes favorably for someone.
Where else “tov” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- will giveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them; and they shall carry the burden of the people with you, and you shall not carry it yourself alone.
18 · This verse (above)
19You shall eat not one day, and not two days, and not five days, and not ten days, and not twenty days,