Numbers 11:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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.

📖 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 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 1:12 : 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I [be] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
• Num 16:35 : 35 ¶ And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
• Num 20:2-5 : 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it [is] no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither [is] there any water to drink.
• Num 21:5 : 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
• Deut 9:22 : 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
• Ps 78:21 : 21 Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
• Ps 106:18 : 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
• Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Lam 3:39 : 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
• Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 ‹And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:› 44 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 45 ‹And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:› 46 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 47 ‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:› 48 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 49 ‹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.›
• 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
• Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God [is] a consuming fire.
• Deut 25:18 : 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.
• Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
• Gen 38:10 : 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
• Exod 15:23-24 : 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
• Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
• Exod 16:7 : 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?
• Exod 16:9 : 9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
• Exod 17:2-3 : 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
• Job 1:16 : 16 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
• Num 10:33 : 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
• Jude 1:16 : 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.