Numbers 11:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.”

Numbers 11:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 11:117 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

כְּמִתְאֹנְנִיםkəmitəʾōnənîmLike mourn

רַעraʿBad

בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow

אַפּוֹʾapwōNose

וַתִּבְעַרwativəʿarAnd kindle

בָּםbāmIn

אֵשׁʾēšFire

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

בִּקְצֵהbiqəṣēhIn extremity

הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

כְּמִתְאֹנְנִיםkəmitəʾōnənîmLike mourn

רַעraʿBad

בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow

אַפּוֹʾapwōNose

וַתִּבְעַרwativəʿarAnd kindle

בָּםbāmIn

אֵשׁʾēšFire

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

בִּקְצֵהbiqəṣēhIn extremity

הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment

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