Numbers 16:13

“Is it too little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, that you should make yourself a prince over us, even make yourself a prince?”

Numbers 16:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 16:13, word by word

Is it too littleמְעַטmeat

few

A small amount: few in number, or a short time.

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you have broughtהֶעֱלִיתָheelita

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

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up out of a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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flowingזָבַתzavat

flow

For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.

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with milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

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and honeyדְבַשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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to kill usהֲמִיתֵhamite

kill

To kill someone.

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in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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you should make yourself a princeתִשְׂתָּרֵרtistarer

rule as prince

Rule as a prince; make oneself a prince over others.

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Translation note

They call Egypt, the place of their slavery, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”

The context

12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.

13 · This verse (above)

14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us an inheritance of field and vineyard. Will you gouge out the eyes of those men? We will not come up!”

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