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So theyוַ הֵםandוְallכָלthatאֲשֶׁרwas theirsלָהֶםwent downיֵּרְדוּaliveחַיִּיםto Sheol,שְׁאֹלָהand the earthוַ הָאָרֶץclosedתְּכַסover them,עֲלֵיהֶםand they perishedוַיֹּאבְדוּfromמִthe midstתּוֹךְof the assembly.הַקָּהָל
Numbers 16:33
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:33, word by word
- went downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” 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- and the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- closedתְּכַסtechas
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techas” appears- and they perishedיֹּאבְדוּyovdu
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “yovdu” appears- the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears
The context
32And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all the goods.
33 · This verse (above)
34And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us!”