Numbers 11:4 Go deeper
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And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? (KJV)
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וְהָֽאסַפְסֻף֙ve.ha.saf.Sufand the rabble
Lemma: אֲסַפְסֻף (a.se.pe.suph) · Strong's: H0628
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rabble
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0628; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 1
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 2
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹbe.kir.Bo[was] in midst its
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 3
הִתְאַוּ֖וּhit.'a.Vuthey craved
Lemma: אָוָה (a.vah) · Strong's: H0183
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVtp3cp)
Meaning: to desire
Used 22 times. Also: Numbers 11:34, Deuteronomy 5:21, Deuteronomy 12:20, Deuteronomy 14:26, 1 Samuel 2:16, 2 Samuel 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0183; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 4
תַּאֲוָ֑הta.'a.Vaha craving
Lemma: תַּאֲוָה (ta.a.vah) · Strong's: H8378
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: desire
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Job 33:20, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 21:2, Psalms 38:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8378; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 5
וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to return: again
Used 75 times. Also: Genesis 8:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 30:31, Genesis 43:2, Genesis 43:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725J; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 6
וַיִּבְכּ֗וּvai.yiv.Kuand they wept
Lemma: בָּכָה (ba.khah) · Strong's: H1058
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to weep
Used 114 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 27:38, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 37:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1058; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 7
גַּ֚םgamalso
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 8
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 9
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 10
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 11
מִ֥יmiwho?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 12
יַאֲכִלֵ֖נוּya.'a.khi.Le.nuwill he cause to eat us
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 13
בָּשָֽׂר\׃ba.Sarmeat
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Numbers 11:4 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Meanwhile, the rabble | → | אֲסַפְסֻף H0628 rabble |
| among them | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
| had a strong craving for other food | → | אָוָה H0183 to desire |
| . . . | → | תַּאֲוָה H8378 desire |
| and | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| again | → | שׁוּב H7725J to return: again |
| the Israelites | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| . . . | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| wept | → | בָּכָה H1058 to weep |
| and said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| will feed us | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| meat | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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