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And the earthוַ הָאָרֶץopenedתִּפְתַּחits mouthאֶת פִּיהָand swallowedוַתִּבְלַעthemאֹתָםandוְtheir householdsאֶת בָּתֵּיהֶםandוְallאֵת כָּלthe peopleהָאָדָםwhoאֲשֶׁרbelonged to Korahלְקֹרַחandוְallאֵת כָּלthe goods.הָרֲכוּשׁ
Numbers 16:32
Study it in the app“And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all the goods.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:32, word by word
- And the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- openedתִּפְתַּחtiftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “tiftach” appears- its mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- and swallowedתִּבְלַעtivla
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “tivla” appears- their householdsבָּתֵּיbate
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bate” appears- the peopleאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- belonged to Korahקֹרַחkorach
Korah
Korah, the name of a son of Esau and Oholibamah and of other Edomites and Israelites, among them the Levite who rebelled against Moses (Numbers 16).
Where else “korach” appears- the goodsרֲכוּשׁrachush
possessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rachush” appears
Translation note
The sons of Korah did not die (26:11); several psalms bear their name (Psalm 42; 84).
The context
31And it happened, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground that was under them split open.
32 · This verse (above)
33So they and all that was theirs went down alive to Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.