Numbers 11:34

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{ "verseID": "Numbers.11.34", "source": "וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא קִבְר֣וֹת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁם֙ קָֽבְר֔וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃", "text": "And *wayyiqrā* the name of the *māqôm* the *hû* *qibrôt* *hattaʾăwāh* for there *qābrû* the *ʿām* the *mitʾawwîm*.", "grammar": { "*wayyiqrā*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - called/named", "*māqôm*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - place", "*hû*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that", "*qibrôt*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - graves of", "*hattaʾăwāh*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - desire/craving/lust", "*qābrû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - buried", "*ʿām*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - people", "*mitʾawwîm*": "hithpael participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones who craved/lusted" }, "variants": { "*qibrôt hattaʾăwāh*": "graves of craving/graves of lust/Kibroth-hattaavah (place name)", "*mitʾawwîm*": "those who craved/lusted/desired" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא קִבְר֣וֹת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁם֙ קָֽבְר֔וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqrā the name of the māqôm the hû qibrôt hattaʾăwāh for there qābrû the ʿām the mitʾawwîm.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqrā*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - called/named
• *māqôm*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - place
• *hû*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
• *qibrôt*: noun, feminine, plural construct - graves of
• *hattaʾăwāh*: noun, feminine, singular with definite article - desire/craving/lust
• *qābrû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - buried
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - people
• *mitʾawwîm*: hithpael participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones who craved/lusted

Word Meanings

• *qibrôt hattaʾăwāh*: graves of craving/graves of lust/Kibroth-hattaavah (place name)
• *mitʾawwîm*: those who craved/lusted/desired

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So they named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they called the name of the place the graues of lust: because they buried the people that lusted there.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore is the same place called the graues of lust, because the voluptuous people were buried there.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he called the name of the place, The graues of lust: because the buried the people that lusted there.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and `one' calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 9:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.9.22", "source": "וּבְתַבְעֵרָה֙ וּבְמַסָּ֔ה וּבְקִבְרֹ֖ת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה מַקְצִפִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "And-in-*Tabʿērâ* and-in-*Massâ* and-in-*Qibrōt* the-*Taʾăwâ* *maqṣîpîm* *hĕyîtem* *ʾet*-*YHWH*", "grammar": { "*Tabʿērâ*": "proper noun - Taberah", "*Massâ*": "proper noun - Massah", "*Qibrōt*": "proper noun, construct - Kibroth", "*Taʾăwâ*": "proper noun with definite article - Hattaavah", "*maqṣîpîm*": "verb, hiphil participle masculine plural - provoking to anger", "*hĕyîtem*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you were", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh" }, "variants": { "*Tabʿērâ*": "Taberah/Burning", "*Massâ*": "Massah/Testing", "*Qibrōt* *Taʾăwâ*": "Kibroth Hattaavah/Graves of Craving", "*maqṣîpîm*": "provoking to anger/enraging/irritating" } }
• 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.10.6", "source": "Ταῦτα δὲ τύποι ἡμῶν ἐγενήθησαν, εἰς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐπιθυμητὰς κακῶν, καθὼς κἀκεῖνοι ἐπεθύμησαν.", "text": "*Tauta* *de* *typoi* of us *egenēthēsan*, to the not *einai* us *epithymētas* of *kakōn*, *kathōs* *kakeinoi* *epethymēsan*", "grammar": { "*Tauta*": "nominative, neuter, plural - these things", "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and/now", "*typoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - types/figures/examples", "*egenēthēsan*": "aorist passive, 3rd person plural - they became/were made", "*einai*": "present infinitive - to be", "*epithymētas*": "accusative, masculine, plural - desirers/cravers", "*kakōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - evil things", "*kathōs*": "comparative adverb - just as/even as", "*kakeinoi*": "demonstrative pronoun (*kai* + *ekeinoi*) - even those/also they", "*epethymēsan*": "aorist indicative, 3rd person plural - they desired/craved/lusted" }, "variants": { "*typoi*": "types/examples/patterns/prefiguration", "*egenēthēsan*": "became/were made/happened as", "*epithymētas*": "desirers/cravers/lusters after", "*kakōn*": "evil things/bad things/wickedness" } }
• Num 33:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Numbers.33.16", "source": "וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּקִבְרֹ֥ת הַֽתַּאֲוָֽה׃", "text": "*wa*-*yisʿû* from *midbar* *sînāy* *wa*-*yaḥănû* in *qiḇrōṯ* *hattaʾăwâ*", "grammar": { "*wa*-*yisʿû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they journeyed/set out", "*mimmiḏbar*": "preposition + noun, construct state - from wilderness of", "*sînāy*": "proper noun - Sinai", "*wa*-*yaḥănû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they camped/encamped", "*bəqiḇrōṯ*": "preposition + noun, construct state - in graves of", "*hattaʾăwâ*": "definite article + noun - the desire/craving" }, "variants": { "*yisʿû*": "journeyed/traveled/set out/departed", "*yaḥănû*": "camped/encamped/pitched camp", "*midbar*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land", "*qiḇrōṯ*": "graves/burial places/tombs", "*taʾăwâ*": "desire/craving/lust/longing" } }