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You shall eatתֹּאכְלוּןnotלֹאoneאֶחָדday,יוֹםand notוְלֹאtwo days,יוֹמָיִםand notוְלֹאfiveחֲמִשָּׁהdays,יָמִיםand notוְלֹאtenעֲשָׂרָהdays,יָמִיםand notוְלֹאtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםdays,יוֹם
Numbers 11:19
Study it in the app“You shall eat not one day, and not two days, and not five days, and not ten days, and not twenty days,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:19, word by word
- You shall eatתֹּאכְלוּtochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochlu” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears
The context
18And 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have despised YHWH who is among you and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we ever come out of Egypt?”’”