Numbers 16:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶת־פִּ֔יהָ וַתִּבְלַ֥ע אֹתָ֖ם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־הָאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְקֹ֔רַח וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־הָרֲכֽוּשׁ׃

Transliteration

And wattiptaḥ the-hāʾāreṣ ʾet-her-mouth and wattiḇlaʿ them and ʾet-their-houses, and ʾēt all-the-hāʾādām that belonged-to-Qōraḥ and ʾēt all-the-hārəkûš

Grammar Details

*wattiptaḥ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she opened
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*wattiḇlaʿ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she swallowed
*hāʾādām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the men/people
*Qōraḥ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Korah
*hārəkûš*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the property/possessions

Word Meanings

*hāʾādām*: men/people/persons

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Referenced Verses

Num 26:11 : 11 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not.
1 Chr 6:22 : 22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chr 6:37 : 37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
Ps 84:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
Ps 85:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Ps 88:1 : 1 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
Ps 106:17 : 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it].
Rev 12:16 : 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Num 27:3 : 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
Deut 11:6 : 6 and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
Gen 4:11 : 11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Num 16:17 : 17 and take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each his censer.
Num 16:30 : 30 But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

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35And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
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30But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
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