Numbers 11:21

“But 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.’”

Numbers 11:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 11:21, word by word

But Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

Where else “moshe” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

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

Where else “yomer” appears
“Six hundred thousandשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

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“Six hundred thousandמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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“Six hundred thousandאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

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on footרַגְלִיragli

on foot

On foot: a grown man who marches on foot.

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are the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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among whomקִרְבּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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‘I will giveאֶתֵּןeten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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meatבָּשָׂרbasar

meat

Meat to eat.

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that they may eatאָכְלוּachlu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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a wholeיָמִיםyamim

day

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

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month.’חֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

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

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The context

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?”’”

21 · This verse (above)

22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to be enough for them?”

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