Numbers 11:20

“but 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?”’””

Numbers 11:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 11:20, word by word

a wholeיָמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yamim” appears
monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodesh” appears
it comes outיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yetse” appears
of your nostrilsאַפְּap

nose

The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.

Where else “ap” appears
and becomesהָיָהhaya

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “haya” appears
loathsomeזָרָאzara

loathsome thing

Something that causes disgust. It is found only in Numbers 11:20.

Where else “zara” appears
you have despisedמְאַסְתֶּםmeastem

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

Where else “meastem” appears
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
is among youקִרְבְּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirb” appears
and have weptתִּבְכּוּtivku

weep

Weep, cry; mourn for someone.

Where else “tivku” appears
before himפָנָיfanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fanay” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
of Egypt?”’מִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

19You shall eat not one day, and not two days, and not five days, and not ten days, and not twenty days,

20 · This verse (above)

21But Moses said, “Six hundred thousand on foot are the people among whom I am, and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’

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