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And allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere around themסְבִיבֹתֵיהֶםfledנָסוּat their cry,לְקֹלָםforכִּיthey said,אָמְרוּ“Lestפֶּןthe earthהָאָרֶץswallow us!”תִּבְלָעֵנוּ
Numbers 16:34
Study it in the app“And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:34, word by word
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- were around themסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears- fledנָסוּnasu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasu” appears- at their cryקֹלָkola
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kola” appears- they saidאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- swallow usתִּבְלָעֵtivlae
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “tivlae” appears
The context
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.
34 · This verse (above)
35And fire came out from YHWH and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.