Numbers
Numbers 11:18–19
18And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. 19You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,
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Numbers 11:18
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | וְאֶל־ | wə·’el- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H413 motion to |
| say | תֹּאמַ֜ר | tō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to the people | הָעָ֨ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| Consecrate yourselves | הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ | hiṯ·qad·də·šū | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural | H6942 be set apart, consecrated |
| for tomorrow | לְמָחָר֮ | lə·mā·ḥār | Preposition-l; Adverb | H4279 tomorrow, in time to come |
| and you will eat | וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם | wa·’ă·ḵal·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H398 eat |
| meat | בָּשָׂר֒ | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| because | כִּ֡י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you have cried out | בְּכִיתֶם֩ | bə·ḵî·ṯem | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H1058 weep, bewail |
| in the hearing | בְּאָזְנֵ֨י | bə·’ā·zə·nê | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct | H241 ear |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֗ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| Who | מִ֤י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| will feed us | יַאֲכִלֵ֙נוּ֙ | ya·’ă·ḵi·lê·nū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural | H398 eat |
| meat | בָּשָׂ֔ר | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| For | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| we were better off | ט֥וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2895 pleasing, good |
| in Egypt | בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם | bə·miṣ·rā·yim | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| Therefore the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will give | וְנָתַ֨ן | wə·nā·ṯan | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לָכֶ֛ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| meat | בָּשָׂ֖ר | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| and you will eat | וַאֲכַלְתֶּֽם׃ | wa·’ă·ḵal·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H398 eat |
Numbers 11:19
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You will eat it | תֹּאכְל֖וּן | tō·ḵə·lūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H398 eat |
| not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| for one | אֶחָ֛ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| or two days | יוֹמָ֑יִם | yō·w·mā·yim | Noun - md | H3117 day |
| nor | וְלֹ֣א׀ | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| for five | חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה | ḥă·miš·šāh | Number - masculine singular | H2568 five |
| or ten | עֲשָׂרָ֣ה | ‘ă·śā·rāh | Number - masculine singular | H6235 ten |
| or twenty | עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ‘eś·rîm | Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| days | יֽוֹם׃ | yō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 11:18 Exodus 19:10 · Acts 7:39 · Exodus 16:3–7 · Numbers 11:4–6 · Numbers 11:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.