KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Numbers 11:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.”
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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 when the dew” | הַטַּ֛ל | Dew (as covering vegetation) | dew |
| “fell” | וּבְרֶ֧דֶת | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | fell |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “the camp” | הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה | 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 |
| “in the night,” | לָ֑יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “the manna” | הַמָּ֖ן | Literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e., manna (so called from the question about it) | manna |
| “fell” | יֵרֵ֥ד | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | fell |
| “upon” | עָלָֽיו׃ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “it.” | עָלָֽיו׃ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | it |
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7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
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