The people took to complaining bitterly before יהוה. יהוה heard and was incensed: a fire of יהוה broke out against them, ravaging the outskirts of the camp.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
העם
115
כמתאננים
611
רע
270
באזני
70
יהוה
26
וישמע
426
יהוה
26
ויחר
224
אפו
87
ותבערבם
720
אש
301
יהוה
26
ותאכל
457
בקצה
197
המחנה
108
Numbers 11:2
Gematria: 2907
ויצעקהעםאלמשהויתפללמשהאליהוהותשקעהאש
The people cried out to Moses. Moses prayed to יהוה, and the fire died down.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויצעק
276
העם
115
אלמשה
376
ויתפלל
556
משה
345
אליהוה
57
ותשקע
876
האש
306
Numbers 11:3
Gematria: 2218
ויקראשםהמקוםההואתבערהכיבערהבםאשיהוה
That place was named Taberah, Taberah From the root b-‘-r, “to burn.” because a fire of יהוה had broken out against them.
The people would go about and gather it, grind it between millstones or pound it in a mortar, boil it in a pot, and make it into cakes. It tasted like rich cream. ”
Translation Notes
*rich cream — Lit. “cream of oil (or, fat).
Word-by-Word Analysis
שטו
315
העם
115
ולקטו
151
וטחנו
79
ברחים
260
או
7
דכו
30
במדכה
71
ובשלו
344
בפרור
488
ועשו
382
אתו
407
עגות
479
והיה
26
טעמו
125
כטעם
139
לשד
334
השמן
395
Numbers 11:9
Gematria: 1364
וברדתהטלעלהמחנהלילהירדהמןעליו
When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall upon it.
And Moses said to יהוה, “Why have You dealt ill with Your servant, and why have I not enjoyed Your favor, that You have laid the burden of all this people upon me?
Did I produce all these people, did I engender them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a caregiver carries an infant,’ to the land that You have promised on oath to their fathers?
Word-by-Word Analysis
האנכי
86
הריתי
625
את
401
כלהעם
165
הזה
17
אםאנכי
122
ילדתיהו
465
כיתאמר
671
אלי
41
שאהו
312
בחיקך
140
כאשר
521
ישא
311
האמן
96
אתהינק
566
על
100
האדמה
55
אשר
501
נשבעת
822
לאבתיו
449
Numbers 11:13
Gematria: 3289
מאיןליבשרלתתלכלהעםהזהכייבכועלילאמרתנהלנובשרונאכלה
Where am I to get meat to give to all this people, when they whine before me and say, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
Word-by-Word Analysis
מאין
101
לי
40
בשר
502
לתת
830
לכלהעם
195
הזה
17
כייבכו
68
עלי
110
לאמר
271
תנהלנו
541
בשר
502
ונאכלה
112
Numbers 11:14
Gematria: 1725
לאאוכלאנכילבדילשאתאתכלהעםהזהכיכבדממני
I cannot carry all this people by myself, for it is too much for me.
Then יהוה said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy of Israel’s elders of whom you have experience as elders and officers of the people, and bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them take their place there with you.
I will come down and speak with you there, and I will draw upon the spirit that is on you and put it upon them; they shall share the burden of the people with you, and you shall not bear it alone.
And say to the people: Purify yourselves Purify yourselves I.e., as for a sacrificial meal. for tomorrow and you shall eat meat, for you have kept whining before יהוה and saying, ‘If only we had meat to eat! Indeed, we were better off in Egypt!’ יהוה will give you meat and you shall eat.
but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you. For you have rejected יהוה who is among you, by whining before [God] and saying, ‘Oh, why did we ever leave Egypt!’”
But Moses said, “The people who are with me ” number six hundred thousand foot soldiers; yet You say, ‘I will give them enough meat to eat for a whole month.’
Translation Notes
*who are with me — Lit. “in whose midst I am.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
משה
345
ששמאות
1047
אלף
111
רגלי
243
העם
115
אשר
501
אנכי
81
בקרבו
310
ואתה
412
אמרת
641
בשר
502
אתן
451
להם
75
ואכלו
63
חדש
312
ימים
100
Numbers 11:22
Gematria: 2150
הצאןובקרישחטלהםומצאלהםאםאתכלדגיהיםיאסףלהםומצאלהםפ
Could enough flocks and herds be slaughtered to suffice them? Or could all the fish of the sea be gathered for them to suffice them?”
Word-by-Word Analysis
הצאן
146
ובקר
308
ישחט
327
להם
75
ומצא
137
להם
75
אם
41
אתכלדגי
468
הים
55
יאסף
151
להם
75
ומצא
137
להםפ
155
Numbers 11:23
Gematria: 3198
ויאמריהוהאלמשההידיהוהתקצרעתהתראההיקרךדבריאםלא
And יהוה answered Moses, “Is there a limit to יהוה’s power?
Translation Notes
*Is there a limit to יהוה’s power? — Lit. “Is יהוה’s hand too short?” You shall soon see whether what I have said happens to you or not!”.
Then, after coming down in a cloud and speaking to him, יהוה drew upon the spirit that was on him and put it upon the seventy participating elders. And when the spirit rested upon them, they spoke in ecstasy, .” but did not continue.
Two of the participants, one named Eldad and the other Medad, had remained in camp; yet the spirit rested upon them—they were among those recorded, but they had not gone out to the Tent—and they spoke in ecstasy .” in the camp.
Translation Notes
*spoke in ecstasy — Others “prophesied
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישארו
523
שניאנשיםבמחנה
866
שם
340
האחדאלדד
57
ושם
346
השני
365
מידד
58
ותנח
464
עלהם
145
הרוח
219
והמה
56
בכתבים
474
ולא
37
יצאו
107
האהלה
46
ויתנבאו
475
במחנה
105
Numbers 11:27
Gematria: 2037
וירץהנערויגדלמשהויאמראלדדומידדמתנבאיםבמחנה
An assistant assistant NJPS “youth,” trad. “young man.” See the Dictionary under na‘ar. ran out and told Moses, saying, “Eldad and Medad are acting the prophet in the camp!”
Word-by-Word Analysis
וירץ
306
הנער
325
ויגד
23
למשה
375
ויאמר
257
אלדד
39
ומידד
64
מתנבאים
543
במחנה
105
Numbers 11:28
Gematria: 2994
ויעןיהושעבןנוןמשרתמשהמבחריוויאמראדנימשהכלאם
And Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ attendant from his youth, spoke up and said, “My lord Moses, restrain them!”
A wind from יהוה started up, swept quail from the sea and strewed them over the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on that side, all around the camp, and some two cubits deep on the ground.
The people set to gathering quail all that day and night and all the next day—even the one who gathered least had ten ḥomers—and they spread them out all around the camp.
The meat was still between their teeth, not yet chewed, chewed Meaning of Heb. yikkareth uncertain. when the anger of יהוה blazed forth against the people and יהוה struck the people with a very severe plague.
Word-by-Word Analysis
הבשר
507
עודנו
136
בין
62
שניהם
405
טרם
249
יכרת
630
ואף
87
יהוה
26
חרה
213
בעם
112
ויך
36
יהוה
26
בעם
112
מכה
65
רבה
207
מאד
45
Numbers 11:34
Gematria: 4087
ויקראאתשםהמקוםההואקברותהתאוהכישםקברואתהעםהמתאוים
That place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, Kibroth-hattaavah I.e., “the graves of craving.” because the people who had the craving were buried there.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקרא
317
אתשםהמקום
932
ההוא
17
קברות
708
התאוה
417
כישם
370
קברו
308
אתהעם
516
המתאוים
502
Numbers 11:35
Gematria: 2993
מקברותהתאוהנסעוהעםחצרותויהיובחצרותפ
Then the people set out from Kibroth-hattaavah for Hazeroth. When they were in Hazeroth,