And a windוְרוּחַset outנָסַעfromמֵאֵתYHWHיְהוָהand brought acrossוַיָּגָזquailsשַׂלְוִיםfrom the seaמִן הַיָּםand let them fallוַיִּטֹּשׁbesideעַלthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהabout a day’s journeyכְּדֶרֶךְ יוֹםon this sideכֹּהand about a day’s journeyוּכְדֶרֶךְ יוֹםon that side,כֹּהaroundסְבִיבוֹתthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהand about two cubitsוּכְאַמָּתַיִםaboveעַלthe surfaceפְּנֵיof the ground.הָאָרֶץ
Numbers 11:31
Study it in the app“And a wind set out from YHWH and brought across quails from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on that side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:31, word by word
- And a windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- set outנָסַעnasa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nasa” 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- and brought acrossיָּגָזyagaz
bring across
To carry something from one place to another, as the wind does.
Where else “yagaz” appears- quailsשַׂלְוִיםsalvim
quail
Quail: small birds that travel in large flocks.
Where else “salvim” appears- from the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and let them fallיִּטֹּשׁyitosh
spread out
For an army to spread out over a place, occupying it.
Where else “yitosh” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- about a day’s journeyדֶרֶךְderech
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appears- about a day’s journeyיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- aroundסְבִיבוֹתsevivot
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivot” appears- and about two cubitsאַמָּתַיִםamatayim
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amatayim” appears- the surfaceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
30And Moses withdrew to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 · This verse (above)
32And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day, and gathered the quails; the one who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves around the camp.