Numbers 16:14

“Moreover, 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!””

Numbers 16:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 16:14, word by word

brought usהֲבִיאֹתָhaviota

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “haviota” appears
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.

Where else “zavat” appears
with milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

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and honeyדְבַשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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or givenתִּתֶּןtiten

give

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

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an inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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of fieldשָׂדֶהsade

farmland

Land that is farmed.

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and vineyardכָרֶםcharem

vineyard

Vineyard.

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Will you gouge outתְּנַקֵּרtenaker

gouge out, bore

Bore through, dig out; said of the eyes, gouge them out.

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the eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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come upנַעֲלֶהnaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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The context

13Is 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?

14 · This verse (above)

15And Moses became very angry and said to YHWH, “Do not turn to their offering. Not one donkey have I taken from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”

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