Numbers
Numbers 16:31–32
31As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open, 32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households — all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
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Numbers 16:31
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As soon as | כְּכַלֹּת֔וֹ | kə·ḵal·lō·ṯōw | Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| saying | לְדַבֵּ֕ר | lə·ḏab·bêr | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H1696 speak |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| this | הָאֵ֑לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| the ground | הָאֲדָמָ֖ה | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| beneath them | תַּחְתֵּיהֶֽם׃ | taḥ·tê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H8478 the under part |
| split open | וַתִּבָּקַ֥ע | wat·tib·bā·qa‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1234 cleave, break open or through |
Numbers 16:32
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and the earth | הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| opened | וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח | wat·tip̄·taḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H6605 open |
| its mouth | פִּ֔יהָ | pî·hā | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H6310 mouth |
| and swallowed | וַתִּבְלַ֥ע | wat·tiḇ·la‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf |
| them | אֹתָ֖ם | ’ō·ṯām | Direct object marker; third person masculine plural | H853 mark of the accusative |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| their households | בָּתֵּיהֶ֑ם | bāt·tê·hem | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1004 house |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| Korah’s | לְקֹ֔רַח | lə·qō·raḥ | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7141 Korach |
| men | הָאָדָם֙ | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| and all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| their possessions | הָרֲכֽוּשׁ׃ | hā·ră·ḵūš | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7399 property, goods |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 16:31 Numbers 27:3 · Deuteronomy 11:6 · Psalm 106:17–18
Numbers 16:32 Numbers 26:11 · Psalm 106:17 · Revelation 12:16 · 1 Chronicles 6:22 · Isaiah 5:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.