Study it in the app“The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah when the community died, when the fire consumed two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.”
The earthהָאָרֶץopenedוַתִּפְתַּחits mouthפִּיהָand swallowedוַתִּבְלַעthemאֹתָםand Korahוְ קֹרַחwhenבְּthe communityהָעֵדָהdied,מוֹתwhen the fireבַּ הָאֵשׁconsumedאֲכֹלtwo hundredוּמָאתַיִםfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםmen,אִישׁand they becameוַיִּהְיוּa sign.לְנֵס
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsopen
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “tiftach” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearsswallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “tivla” appearsKorah
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” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achol” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihyu” appearssign
A sign that warns or serves as an example to others.
Where else “nes” appears9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, the ones called from the community, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the community of Korah, when they contended against YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11But the sons of Korah did not die.
