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And the nameוַ אֶת שֵׁםof thatהַהוּאplaceהַמָּקוֹםwas calledיִּקְרָאKibroth-hattaavah,קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהbecauseכִּיthereשָׁםthey buriedקָבְרוּthe peopleאֶת הָעָםwho had felt the desire.הַמִּתְאַוִּים
Numbers 11:34
Study it in the app“And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had felt the desire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:34, word by word
- And the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- was calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- Kibroth-hattaavahקִבְרוֹתkivrot
Kibroth-hattaavah
Kibroth-hattaavah, a place in the wilderness. The name means "graves of craving."
Where else “kivrot” appears- they buriedקָבְרוּkavru
bury
Bury.
Where else “kavru” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who had felt the desireמִּתְאַוִּיםmitavim
crave, desire
Desire strongly, crave something.
Where else “mitavim” appears
Translation note
“Kibroth-hattaavah” means “graves of desire.” Paul recalls this episode as a warning (1 Corinthians 10:6).
The context
33The meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the anger of YHWH burned against the people, and YHWH struck the people with a very great blow.
34 · This verse (above)
35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they stayed at Hazeroth.