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And it happened,וַיְהִיas he finishedכְּכַלֹּתוֹspeakingלְדַבֵּרallאֵת כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords,הַדְּבָרִיםthat the groundוַ הָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas under themתַּחְתֵּיהֶםsplit open.תִּבָּקַע
Numbers 16:31
Study it in the app“And it happened, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground that was under them split open.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:31, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- as he finishedכַלֹּתchalot
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chalot” appears- speakingדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- that the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- split openתִּבָּקַעtibaka
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “tibaka” appears
The context
30But 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.”
31 · This verse (above)
32And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all the goods.