Numbers 11:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Vvhen the people became murmurers, it displeased the Lorde: and the Lorde heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lorde burnt among them, and consumed the vtmost parte of the hoste.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמִתְאֹ֣נְנִ֔ים רַ֖ע בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יְהוָה֙ וַיִּ֣חַר אַפּ֔וֹ וַתִּבְעַר־בָּם֙ אֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה וַתֹּ֖אכַל בִּקְצֵ֥ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayəhî the hā'ām as kəmit'ōnnîm ra' in 'āznê YHWH; and wayyišma' YHWH and wayyiḥar his 'appô, and wattiḇ'ar-bām 'ēš of YHWH, and wattō'ḵal in qəṣê the maḥăneh.

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/became
• *hā'ām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
• *kəmit'ōnnîm*: preposition k- (as/like) + hitpael participle masculine plural - as those complaining/murmuring
• *ra'*: masculine singular adjective - evil/bad
• *'āznê*: construct plural of 'ōzen - ears of
• *YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wayyišma'*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he heard
• *wayyiḥar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and kindled/burned
• *'appô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his nose/anger
• *wattiḇ'ar-bām*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular + preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and burned among them
• *'ēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
• *wattō'ḵal*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and consumed/devoured
• *qəṣê*: construct masculine singular - edge/outskirts of
• *maḥăneh*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the camp

Word Meanings

• *kəmit'ōnnîm*: as complainers/as those murmuring/as grumblers
• *ra'*: evil/wickedness/misfortune/disaster
• *'āznê*: ears/hearing/perception
• *wayyiḥar 'appô*: his anger was kindled/his nose burned/he became furious

Referenced Verses

• Lev 10:2 : 2 Therefore a fire went out from the Lord, & deuoured them: so they dyed before the Lord.
• 2 Kgs 1:12 : 12 But Eliiah answered, and saide vnto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come downe from the heauen, and deuoure thee and thy fiftie. So fire came downe from the heauen, and deuoured him and his fiftie.
• Num 16:35 : 35 But there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.
• Num 20:2-5 : 2 But there was no water for the Congregation, and they assembled them selues against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord. 4 Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there? 5 Wherefore nowe haue yee made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, which is no place of seede, nor figges, nor vines, nor pomegranates? Neither is there any water to drinke.
• Num 21:5 : 5 And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, & our soule lotheth this light bread.
• Deut 9:22 : 22 Also in Taberah, & in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger.
• Ps 78:21 : 21 Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fire was kindled in Iaakob, & also wrath came vpon Israel,
• Ps 106:18 : 18 And the fire was kindled in their assembly: the flame burnt vp the wicked.
• Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet is prepared of olde: it is euen prepared for the King: hee hath made it deepe and large: the burning thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord, like a riuer of brimstone, doeth kindle it.
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraide: a feare is come vpon the hypocrites: who among vs shall dwel with the deuouring fire? who among vs shall dwell with the euerlasting burnings?
• Lam 3:39 : 39 Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.
• Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountaines tremble for him, and the hilles melt, & the earth is burnt at his sight, yea, the worlde, and all that dwell therein.
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 Wherefore, if thine hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, then hauing two hands, to goe into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched, 44 Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire neuer goeth out. 45 Likewise, if thy foote cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to go halt into life, then hauing two feete, to be cast into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched, 46 Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire neuer goeth out. 47 And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out: it is better for thee to goe into the kingdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire, 48 Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire neuer goeth out. 49 For euery man shalbe salted with fire: and euery sacrifice shalbe salted with salt.
• 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 Neither murmure ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
• Heb 12:29 : 29 For euen our God is a consuming fire.
• Deut 25:18 : 18 How he met thee by ye way, & smote ye hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast fainted & weary, & he feared not God.
• Deut 32:22 : 22 For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burne vnto the bottome of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountaines.
• 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 So when the mourning was past, Dauid sent and tooke her into his house, and shee became his wife, and bare him a sonne: but ye thing that Dauid had done, displeased the Lord.
• Gen 38:10 : 10 And it was wicked in the eyes of the Lord, which he did: wherefore he slewe him also.
• Exod 15:23-24 : 23 And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah. 24 Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drinke?
• Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron in the wildernesse. 3 For the children of Israel sayde to them, Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, when wee ate bread our bellies full: for yee haue brought vs out into this wildernesse, to kill this whole company with famine.
• Exod 16:7 : 7 And in the morning ye shall see the glorie of the Lorde: for he hath heard your grudgings against the Lorde: and what are we that ye haue murmured against vs?
• Exod 16:9 : 9 And Moses sayd to Aaron, Say vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, Draw neere before the Lorde: for he hath heard your murmurings.
• Exod 17:2-3 : 2 Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and sayde, Giue vs water that we may drinke; Moses sayde vnto them, Why contende yee with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord? 3 So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
• Job 1:16 : 16 And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayde, The fire of God is fallen from the heauen, & hath burnt vp the sheepe and the seruants, and deuoured them: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.
• Num 10:33 : 33 So they departed from the mount of the Lorde, three dayes iourney: and the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde went before them in the three dayes iourney, to searche out a resting place for them.
• Jude 1:16 : 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their owne lustes: Whose mouthes speake proud things, hauing mens persons in admiration, because of aduantage.
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of ye labourers, which haue reaped your fieldes (which is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes.