Numbers 11:5

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{ "verseID": "Numbers.11.5", "source": "זָכַ֙רְנוּ֙ אֶת־הַדָּגָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַ֥ל בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם חִנָּ֑ם אֵ֣ת הַקִּשֻּׁאִ֗ים וְאֵת֙ הָֽאֲבַטִּחִ֔ים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִ֥יר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִֽים׃", "text": "*Zāḵarnû* *'et*-the *dāgāh* that *nō'ḵal* in *Miṣrayim* *ḥinnām*; *'ēt* the *qiššu'îm* and *'ēt* the *'ăḇaṭṭiḥîm* and *'et*-the *ḥāṣîr* and *'et*-the *bəṣālîm* and *'et*-the *šûmîm*.", "grammar": { "*zāḵarnû*": "qal perfect 1st common plural - we remember/recall", "*'et*": "direct object marker", "*dāgāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the fish", "*nō'ḵal*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural - we eat/ate", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper name - Egypt", "*ḥinnām*": "adverb - freely/without cost", "*qiššu'îm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the cucumbers", "*'ăḇaṭṭiḥîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the watermelons/melons", "*ḥāṣîr*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the leeks/grass", "*bəṣālîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the onions", "*šûmîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the garlic" }, "variants": { "*dāgāh*": "fish/fishing", "*ḥinnām*": "freely/without cost/without payment/for nothing", "*ḥāṣîr*": "leeks/grass/herbs" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָכַ֙רְנוּ֙ אֶת־הַדָּגָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַ֥ל בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם חִנָּ֑ם אֵ֣ת הַקִּשֻּׁאִ֗ים וְאֵת֙ הָֽאֲבַטִּחִ֔ים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִ֥יר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Zāḵarnû 'et-the dāgāh that nō'ḵal in Miṣrayim ḥinnām; 'ēt the qiššu'îm and 'ēt the 'ăḇaṭṭiḥîm and 'et-the ḥāṣîr and 'et-the bəṣālîm and 'et-the šûmîm.

Grammar Details

• *zāḵarnû*: qal perfect 1st common plural - we remember/recall
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *dāgāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the fish
• *nō'ḵal*: qal imperfect 1st common plural - we eat/ate
• *Miṣrayim*: proper name - Egypt
• *ḥinnām*: adverb - freely/without cost
• *qiššu'îm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the cucumbers
• *'ăḇaṭṭiḥîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the watermelons/melons
• *ḥāṣîr*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the leeks/grass
• *bəṣālîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the onions
• *šûmîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the garlic

Word Meanings

• *dāgāh*: fish/fishing
• *ḥinnām*: freely/without cost/without payment/for nothing
• *ḥāṣîr*: leeks/grass/herbs

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  we remembre the fysh which we shulde eate in Egipte for noughte and of the Cucumbers and melouns lekes onyouns and garleke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  We remembre the fish, the we ate in Egipte for naught, & Cucumbers, Melouns, lekes, onyons, & garleke:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, & the pepons, and the leekes, and the onions, and the garleke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  We remember the fishe which we did eate in Egypt for naught, & the cucumbers, & melons, leekes, onions & garleck.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Sweet is the memory of the fish we had in Egypt for nothing, and the fruit and green plants of every sort, sharp and pleasing to the taste:

• World English Bible (2000)

  We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 16:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Exodus.16.3", "source": "וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן מוּתֵ֤נוּ בְיַד־יְהוָה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־סִ֣יר הַבָּשָׂ֔ר בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ לֶ֖חֶם לָשֹׂ֑בַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְהָמִ֛ית אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בָּרָעָֽב", "text": "*wə-yōʾmərû* to-them *bənê yiśrāʾēl* *mî-yittēn mûtēnû* by-hand-of-*YHWH* in-*ʾereṣ miṣrayim* in-*šibtēnû* by-*sîr ha-bāśār* in-*ʾoklēnû leḥem lāśōba'* for-*hôṣēʾtem* us to-the-*midbār* the-this to-*hāmît* all-the-*qāhāl* the-this in-the-*rā'āb*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmərû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said", "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative pronoun + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - who would give/if only", "*mûtēnû*": "qal infinitive construct + 1st plural suffix - our dying", "*šibtēnû*": "qal infinitive construct + 1st plural suffix - our sitting", "*ʾoklēnû*": "qal infinitive construct + 1st plural suffix - our eating", "*hôṣēʾtem*": "hiphil perfect 2nd masculine plural - you have brought out", "*hāmît*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to die/to kill", "*rā'āb*": "masculine singular - hunger/famine" }, "variants": { "*mî-yittēn*": "who would give/if only/would that", "*sîr ha-bāśār*": "pot of meat/flesh pot", "*leḥem*": "bread/food", "*lāśōba'*": "to satisfaction/to fullness", "*hôṣēʾtem*": "you brought out/led out", "*hāmît*": "to kill/to cause to die", "*qāhāl*": "assembly/congregation/community", "*rā'āb*": "hunger/famine/starvation" } }
• Ps 17:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Psalms.17.14", "source": "מִֽמְתִ֥ים יָדְךָ֨ ׀ יְהוָ֡ה מִֽמְתִ֬ים מֵחֶ֗לֶד חֶלְקָ֥ם בַּֽחַיִּים֮ *וצפינך **וּֽצְפוּנְךָ֮ תְּמַלֵּ֢א בִ֫טְנָ֥ם יִשְׂבּ֥עוּ בָנִ֑ים וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ יִ֝תְרָ֗ם לְעוֹלְלֵֽיהֶם׃", "text": "*Mimmǝtîm* *yādǝkā* *YHWH* *mimmǝtîm* *mēḥeled* *ḥelqām* *baḥayyîm* *ûṣǝfûnǝkā* *tǝmallē'* *biṭnām* *yiśbǝ'û* *bānîm* *wǝhinnîḥû* *yitrām* *lǝ'ôlǝlêhem*", "grammar": { "*Mimmǝtîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - from men", "*yādǝkā*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*mimmǝtîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - from men", "*mēḥeled*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from the world/life", "*ḥelqām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their portion", "*baḥayyîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the life", "*ûṣǝfûnǝkā*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your treasured ones [ketiv/qere variation]", "*tǝmallē'*": "verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you fill", "*biṭnām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their belly", "*yiśbǝ'û*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are satisfied", "*bānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - sons/children", "*wǝhinnîḥû*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - and they leave", "*yitrām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their abundance/remainder", "*lǝ'ôlǝlêhem*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their children" }, "variants": { "*mēḥeled*": "from the world/life/transience", "*ḥelqām*": "their portion/share/lot", "*ûṣǝfûnǝkā*": "and your treasured ones/hidden things/secrets (text shows both ketiv וצפינך and qere וּֽצְפוּנְךָ֮ forms)", "*yitrām*": "their abundance/remainder/leftover" } }
• Phil 3:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Philippians.3.19", "source": "Ὧν τὸ τέλος ἀπώλεια, ὧν ὁ Θεὸς ἡ κοιλία, καὶ ἡ δόξα ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν, οἱ τὰ ἐπίγεια φρονοῦντες.)", "text": "Of whom the *telos apōleia*, of whom the *Theos* the *koilia*, and the *doxa* in the *aischynē* of them, the ones the *epigeia phronountes*.)", "grammar": { "*telos*": "nominative, neuter, singular - end", "*apōleia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - destruction", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*koilia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - belly/appetite", "*doxa*": "nominative, feminine, singular - glory", "*aischynē*": "dative, feminine, singular - shame", "*epigeia*": "accusative, neuter, plural - earthly things", "*phronountes*": "participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, plural - thinking/minding" }, "variants": { "*telos*": "end/outcome/destination", "*apōleia*": "destruction/ruin/perdition", "*koilia*": "belly/stomach/appetite/physical desires", "*doxa*": "glory/honor/pride", "*aischynē*": "shame/disgrace", "*epigeia*": "earthly things/worldly concerns" } }