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And fireוְאֵשׁcame outיָצְאָהfromמֵאֵתYHWHיְהוָהand consumedוַתֹּאכַלthe two hundredאֵת הַ וּמָאתַיִםand fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםmenאִישׁwho were offeringמַקְרִיבֵיthe incense.הַקְּטֹרֶת
Numbers 16:35
Study it in the app“And fire came out from YHWH and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:35, word by word
- And fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- came outיָצְאָהyatsa
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsa” appears- 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- and consumedתֹּאכַלtochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appears- the two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who were offeringמַקְרִיבֵיmakrive
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “makrive” appears- the incenseקְּטֹרֶתketoret
incense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appears
The context
34And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us!”
35 · This verse (above)
36YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,