KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Numbers 11:32 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the people” | הָעָ֡ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “stood up” | וַיָּ֣קָם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | stood up |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that” | הַה֨וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | that |
| “day,” | הַיּוֹם֩ | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “night,” | הַלַּ֜יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and all” | וְכֹ֣ל׀ | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the next” | הַֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת | The morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow | next |
| “day,” | י֣וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “and they gathered” | וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙ | To gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) | gathered |
| “the quails:” | הַשְּׂלָ֔ו | The quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight) | quails |
| “he that gathered least” | הַמַּמְעִ֕יט | Properly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) | gathered least |
| “gathered” | אָסַ֖ף | To gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) | gathered |
| “ten” | עֲשָׂרָ֣ה | Ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) | ten |
| “homers:” | חֳמָרִ֑ים | Properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement) | homers |
| “and they spread” | וַיִּשְׁטְח֤וּ | To expand | spread |
| “them” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “all abroad” | שָׁט֔וֹחַ | To expand | all abroad |
| “for themselves round about” | סְבִיב֖וֹת | (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around | themselves round about |
| “the camp.” | הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) | camp |
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30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
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