Numbers 16:33

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ הֵ֣ם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָהֶ֛ם חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַתְּכַ֤ס עֲלֵיהֶם֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ מִתּ֥וֹךְ הַקָּהָֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyērədû them and-all-that belonged-to-them ḥayyîm to-šəʾōlâ, and wattəkas over-them the-hāʾāreṣ, and wayyōʾḇdû from-midst the-haqqāhāl

Grammar Details

*wayyērədû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went down
*ḥayyîm*: adjective, masculine plural - living
*šəʾōlâ*: noun, feminine singular + directional he - to Sheol
*wattəkas*: waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she covered
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land
*wayyōʾḇdû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they perished
*haqqāhāl*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the assembly

Word Meanings

*šəʾōlâ*: to Sheol/to the grave/to the pit
*wayyōʾḇdû*: perished/were destroyed/were lost

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Referenced Verses

Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Ps 9:15 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
Ps 143:7 : 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Isa 14:9 : 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isa 14:15 : 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ezek 32:18 : 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Ezek 32:30 : 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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