Numbers 16:30

“But if YHWH creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all that is theirs, and they go down alive to Sheol, then you shall know that these men have spurned YHWH.””

Numbers 16:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 16:30, word by word

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
createsיִבְרָאyivra

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

Where else “yivra” appears
something newבְּרִיאָהberia

new thing, something created

Something created, a new thing that did not exist before. It is found only in Numbers 16:30.

Where else “beria” appears
and the groundאֲדָמָהadama

soil

Farmland, or dust.

Where else “adama” appears
opensפָצְתָהfatsta

open the mouth

To part the lips to speak or devour.

Where else “fatsta” appears
its mouthפִּיpi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

Where else “pi” appears
and swallowsבָלְעָהvala

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

Where else “vala” appears
and they go downיָרְדוּyardu

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

Where else “yardu” appears
aliveחַיִּיםchayim

alive

Having life, not dead.

Where else “chayim” appears
to Sheolשְׁאֹלָsheola

Sheol

Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.

Where else “sheola” appears
then you shall knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

know a person

To know someone.

Where else “ydatem” appears
menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

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

Where else “anashim” appears
have spurnedנִאֲצוּniatsu

despise

To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.

Where else “niatsu” appears

The context

29If these men die as all human beings die, and the fate of all human beings is visited on them, YHWH has not sent me.

30 · This verse (above)

31And it happened, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground that was under them split open.

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