Numbers 11

The Israelites complain about hardships and manna, prompting YHWH's fire to consume some at the camp's edge; Moses intercedes, then despairs under leadership burden, leading YHWH to appoint 70 elders and send quail, which results in a plague at Kibroth-hattaavah.[1][2][3][5]

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Did I conceive all this people this or I fathered them that you say to me Carry him in your bosom as carries the nursing father the suckling on the ground which you swore to their fathers
12 הֶ/אָנֹכִ֣י 𐤄/𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 heanokhi Did I HTi/Pp1cs הָרִ֗יתִי 𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤉 hariti conceive HVqp1cs אֵ֚ת 𐤀𐤕 et HTo כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all HNcmsc הָ/עָ֣ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam this people HTd/Ncmsa הַ/זֶּ֔ה 𐤄/𐤆𐤄 hazeh this HTd/Pdxms אִם 𐤀𐤌 im or HC אָנֹכִ֖י 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 anokhi I HPp1cs יְלִדְתִּ֑י/הוּ 𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕𐤉/𐤄𐤅 yelidetihu fathered them HVqp1cs/Sp3ms כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that HC תֹאמַ֨ר 𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 tomar you say HVqi2ms אֵלַ֜/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to me HR/Sp1cs שָׂאֵ֣/הוּ 𐤔𐤀/𐤄𐤅 saehu Carry him HVqv2ms/Sp3ms בְ/חֵיקֶ֗/ךָ 𐤁/𐤇𐤉𐤒/𐤊 vecheyqekha in your bosom HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤊/𐤀𐤔𐤓 kaasher as HR/Tr יִשָּׂ֤א 𐤉𐤔𐤀 yisa carries HVqi3ms הָ/אֹמֵן֙ 𐤄/𐤀𐤌𐤍 haomen the nursing father HTd/Vqrmsa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 HTo הַ/יֹּנֵ֔ק 𐤄/𐤉𐤍𐤒 hayoneq the suckling HTd/Vqrmsa עַ֚ל 𐤏𐤋 al on HR הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤃𐤌𐤄 haadamah the ground HTd/Ncfsa אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which HTr נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ 𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 nishebaeta you swore HVNp2ms לַ/אֲבֹתָֽי/ו 𐤋/𐤀𐤁𐤕𐤉/𐤅 laavotayv to their fathers HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
And He said YHWH to Moses Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know that they elders of the people and his officers and take them to tent of meeting and they shall stand there with you
16 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer And He said HC/Vqw3ms יְהוָ֜ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to HR מֹשֶׁ֗ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses HNp אֶסְפָ/ה 𐤀𐤎𐤐/𐤄 esefah Gather HVqv2ms/Sh לִּ֞/י 𐤋/𐤉 li for Me HR/Sp1cs שִׁבְעִ֣ים 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 shiveim seventy HAcbpa אִישׁ֮ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish men HNcmsa מִ/זִּקְנֵ֣י 𐤌/𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 miziqeney from the elders HR/Aampc יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel HNp אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher whom HTr יָדַ֔עְתָּ 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕 yadaeta you know HVqp2ms כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki that HC הֵ֛ם 𐤄𐤌 hem they HPp3mp זִקְנֵ֥י 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 ziqeney elders HAampc הָ/עָ֖ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam of the people HTd/Ncmsa וְ/שֹׁטְרָ֑י/ו 𐤅/𐤔𐤈𐤓𐤉/𐤅 veshoterayv and his officers HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֤ 𐤅/𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤕 velaqacheta and take HC/Vqq2ms אֹתָ/ם֙ 𐤀𐤕/𐤌 otam them HTo/Sp3mp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el-2 to HR אֹ֣הֶל 𐤀𐤄𐤋 ohel tent HNcmsc מוֹעֵ֔ד 𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃 moed of meeting HNcmsa וְ/הִֽתְיַצְּב֥וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤕𐤉𐤑𐤁𐤅 vehiteyatsevu and they shall stand HC/Vtq3cp שָׁ֖ם 𐤔𐤌 sham there HD עִמָּֽ/ךְ 𐤏𐤌/𐤊 imakhe with you HR/Sp2fs
and to the people you shall say consecrate yourselves for tomorrow and you shall eat meat because you have wept in the ears of YHWH saying who will give us to eat meat for it was good for us in Egypt and will give YHWH to you meat and you shall eat
18 וְ/אֶל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to HC/R הָ/עָ֨ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam the people HTd/Ncmsa תֹּאמַ֜ר 𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 tomar you shall say HVqi2ms הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ 𐤄𐤕𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤅 hiteqadeshu consecrate yourselves HVtv2mp לְ/מָחָר֮ 𐤋/𐤌𐤇𐤓 lemachar for tomorrow HR/Ncmsa וַ/אֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤌 vaakhaletem and you shall eat HC/Vqq2mp בָּשָׂר֒ 𐤁𐤔𐤓 basar meat HNcmsa כִּ֡י 𐤊𐤉 ki because HC בְּכִיתֶם֩ 𐤁𐤊𐤉𐤕𐤌 bekhitem you have wept HVqp2mp בְּ/אָזְנֵ֨י 𐤁/𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉 beazeney in the ears of HR/Ncfdc יְהוָ֜ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp לֵ/אמֹ֗ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying HR/Vqc מִ֤י 𐤌𐤉 mi who HTi יַאֲכִלֵ֨/נוּ֙ 𐤉𐤀𐤊𐤋/𐤍𐤅 yaakhilenu will give us to eat HVhi3ms/Sp1cp בָּשָׂ֔ר 𐤁𐤔𐤓 basar-2 meat HNcmsa כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for HC ט֥וֹב 𐤈𐤅𐤁 tov it was good HVqp3ms לָ֖/נוּ 𐤋/𐤍𐤅 lanu for us HR/Sp1cp בְּ/מִצְרָ֑יִם 𐤁/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 bemitserayim in Egypt HR/Np וְ/נָתַ֨ן 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤍 venatan and will give HC/Vqq3ms יְהוָ֥ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp לָ/כֶ֛ם 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem to you HR/Sp2mp בָּשָׂ֖ר 𐤁𐤔𐤓 basar-3 meat HNcmsa וַ/אֲכַלְתֶּֽם 𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤌 vaakhaletem-2 and you shall eat HC/Vqq2mp
until a month of days until that it comes out at your nostrils and it shall be to you loathsome because that you have despised YHWH who is among you and you wept before Him saying Why this did we come out from Egypt
20 עַ֣ד 𐤏𐤃 ad until HR חֹ֣דֶשׁ 𐤇𐤃𐤔 chodesh Umwenshi (Bemba) a month HNcmsc יָמִ֗ים 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 yamim of days HNcmpa עַ֤ד 𐤏𐤃 ad-2 until HR אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that HTr יֵצֵא֙ 𐤉𐤑𐤀 yetse it comes out HVqi3ms מֵֽ/אַפְּ/כֶ֔ם 𐤌/𐤀𐤐/𐤊𐤌 meapekhem at your nostrils HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp וְ/הָיָ֥ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤄 vehayah and it shall be HC/Vqq3ms לָ/כֶ֖ם 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem to you HR/Sp2mp לְ/זָרָ֑א 𐤋/𐤆𐤓𐤀 lezara loathsome HR/Ncmsa יַ֗עַן 𐤉𐤏𐤍 yaan because HC כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that HC מְאַסְתֶּ֤ם 𐤌𐤀𐤎𐤕𐤌 measetem you have despised HVqp2mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et HTo יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 who HTr בְּ/קִרְבְּ/כֶ֔ם 𐤁/𐤒𐤓𐤁/𐤊𐤌 beqirebekhem is among you HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp וַ/תִּבְכּ֤וּ 𐤅/𐤕𐤁𐤊𐤅 vativeku and you wept HC/Vqw2mp לְ/פָנָי/ו֙ 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤅 lefanayv before Him HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms לֵ/אמֹ֔ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying HR/Vqc לָ֥/מָּה 𐤋/𐤌𐤄 lamah Why HR/Ti זֶּ֖ה 𐤆𐤄 zeh this HPdxms יָצָ֥אנוּ 𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤍𐤅 yatsanu did we come out HVqp1cp מִ/מִּצְרָֽיִם 𐤌/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mimitserayim from Egypt HR/Np
and he came down YHWH in the cloud and he spoke to him and he took from the Spirit that was upon him and he gave upon seventy men the elders and it was when resting upon them the Spirit they prophesied but not did they repeat
25 וַ/יֵּ֨רֶד 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤃 vayered and he came down HC/Vqw3ms יְהוָ֥ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp בֶּ/עָנָן֮ 𐤁/𐤏𐤍𐤍 beanan in the cloud HRd/Ncmsa וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 vayedaber and he spoke HC/Vpw3ms אֵלָי/ו֒ 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤅 elayv to him HR/Sp3ms וַ/יָּ֗אצֶל 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤑𐤋 vayatsel and he took HC/Vqw3ms מִן 𐤌𐤍 min from HR הָ/ר֨וּחַ֙ 𐤄/𐤓𐤅𐤇 harucha Roho (Swahili) the Spirit HTd/Ncbsa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that HTr עָלָ֔י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv was upon him HR/Sp3ms וַ/יִּתֵּ֕ן 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍 vayiten and he gave HC/Vqw3ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon HR שִׁבְעִ֥ים 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 shiveim seventy HAcbpa אִ֖ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish men HNcmsa הַ/זְּקֵנִ֑ים 𐤄/𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉𐤌 hazeqenim the elders HTd/Aampa וַ/יְהִ֗י 𐤅/𐤉𐤄𐤉 vayehi and it was HC/Vqw3ms כְּ/נ֤וֹחַ 𐤊/𐤍𐤅𐤇 kenocha when resting HR/Vqc עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aleyhem upon them HR/Sp3mp הָ/ר֔וּחַ 𐤄/𐤓𐤅𐤇 harucha-2 Roho (Swahili) the Spirit HTd/Ncbsa וַ/יִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤁𐤀𐤅 vayitenabeu they prophesied HC/Vtw3mp וְ/לֹ֥א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo but not HC/Tn יָסָֽפוּ 𐤉𐤎𐤐𐤅 yasafu did they repeat HVqp3cp
But there remained two men in the camp name of the one Eldad and name of the second Medad and rested upon them the Spirit and they among those listed but not had gone out to the tent they prophesied in the camp
26 וַ/יִּשָּׁאֲר֣וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤅 vayishaaru But there remained HC/VNw3mp שְׁנֵֽי 𐤔𐤍𐤉 sheney two HAcmdc אֲנָשִׁ֣ים 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 anashim men HNcmpa בַּֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֡ה 𐤁/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 bamachaneh in the camp HRd/Ncbsa שֵׁ֣ם 𐤔𐤌 shem name HNcmsc הָ/אֶחָ֣ד 𐤄/𐤀𐤇𐤃 haechad Eka (Bemba) of the one HTd/Acmsa אֶלְדָּ֡ד 𐤀𐤋𐤃𐤃 eledad Eldad HNp וְ/שֵׁם֩ 𐤅/𐤔𐤌 veshem and name HC/Ncmsc הַ/שֵּׁנִ֨י 𐤄/𐤔𐤍𐤉 hasheni of the second HTd/Aomsa מֵידָ֜ד 𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤃 meydad Medad HNp וַ/תָּ֧נַח 𐤅/𐤕𐤍𐤇 vatanach and rested HC/Vqw3fs עֲלֵי/הֶ֣ם 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aleyhem upon them HR/Sp3mp הָ/ר֗וּחַ 𐤄/𐤓𐤅𐤇 harucha Roho (Swahili) the Spirit HTd/Ncbsa וְ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤌𐤄 vehemah and they HC/Pp3mp בַּ/כְּתֻבִ֔ים 𐤁/𐤊𐤕𐤁𐤉𐤌 baketuvim among those listed HRd/Vqsmpa וְ/לֹ֥א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo but not HC/Tn יָצְא֖וּ 𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅 yatseu had gone out HVqp3cp הָ/אֹ֑הֱלָ/ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤄𐤋/𐤄 haohelah to the tent HTd/Ncmsa/Sd וַ/יִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤁𐤀𐤅 vayitenabeu they prophesied HC/Vtw3mp בַּֽ/מַּחֲנֶֽה 𐤁/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 bamachaneh-2 in the camp HRd/Ncbsa
and a wind went out from YHWH and brought quail from the sea and let fall upon the camp as a journey of a day thus and as a journey of a day thus all around the camp and as two cubits upon the face of the ground
31 וְ/ר֜וּחַ 𐤅/𐤓𐤅𐤇 verucha Roho (Swahili) and a wind HC/Ncbsa נָסַ֣ע 𐤍𐤎𐤏 nasa went out HVqp3ms מֵ/אֵ֣ת 𐤌/𐤀𐤕 meet from HR/R יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp וַ/יָּ֣גָז 𐤅/𐤉𐤂𐤆 vayagaz and brought HC/Vqw3ms שַׂלְוִים֮ 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 salevim quail HNcfpa מִן 𐤌𐤍 min from HR הַ/יָּם֒ 𐤄/𐤉𐤌 hayam the sea HTd/Ncmsa וַ/יִּטֹּ֨שׁ 𐤅/𐤉𐤈𐤔 vayitosh and let fall HC/Vqw3ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon HR הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֜ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 hamachaneh the camp HTd/Ncbsa כְּ/דֶ֧רֶךְ 𐤊/𐤃𐤓𐤊 kederekhe as a journey of HR/Ncbsc י֣וֹם 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom a day HNcmsa כֹּ֗ה 𐤊𐤄 koh thus HD וּ/כְ/דֶ֤רֶךְ 𐤅/𐤊/𐤃𐤓𐤊 ukhederekhe and as a journey of HC/R/Ncbsc יוֹם֙ 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom-2 a day HNcmsa כֹּ֔ה 𐤊𐤄 koh-2 thus HD סְבִיב֖וֹת 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤕 sevivot all around HNcbpc הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֑ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 hamachaneh-2 the camp HTd/Ncbsa וּ/כְ/אַמָּתַ֖יִם 𐤅/𐤊/𐤀𐤌𐤕𐤉𐤌 ukheamatayim and as two cubits HC/R/Ncfda עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 upon HR פְּנֵ֥י 𐤐𐤍𐤉 peney the face of HNcbpc הָ/אָֽרֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the ground HTd/Ncbsa
and the people arose the people all that day that and all the night and all day the next and they gathered [direct object marker] the quail the least gathered ten homers and they spread for themselves spread out around the camp
32 וַ/יָּ֣קָם 𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤌 vayaqam and the people arose HC/Vqw3ms הָ/עָ֡ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam the people HTd/Ncmsa כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all HNcmsc הַ/יּוֹם֩ 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom that day HTd/Ncmsa הַ/ה֨וּא 𐤄/𐤄𐤅𐤀 hahu that HTd/Pp3ms וְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhal and all HC/Ncmsc הַ/לַּ֜יְלָה 𐤄/𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 halayelah the night HTd/Ncmsa וְ/כֹ֣ל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhol and all HC/Ncmsc י֣וֹם 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom day HNcmsc הַֽ/מָּחֳרָ֗ת 𐤄/𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤕 hamachorat the next HTd/Ncfsa וַ/יַּֽאַסְפוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐𐤅 vayaasefu and they gathered HC/Vqw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo הַ/שְּׂלָ֔ו 𐤄/𐤔𐤋𐤅 haselav the quail HTd/Ncfsa הַ/מַּמְעִ֕יט 𐤄/𐤌𐤌𐤏𐤉𐤈 hamameit the least HTd/Vhrmsa אָסַ֖ף 𐤀𐤎𐤐 asaf gathered HVqp3ms עֲשָׂרָ֣ה 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 asarah ten HAcmsa חֳמָרִ֑ים 𐤇𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 chomarim homers HNcmpa וַ/יִּשְׁטְח֤וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤈𐤇𐤅 vayishetechu and they spread HC/Vqw3mp לָ/הֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem for themselves HR/Sp3mp שָׁט֔וֹחַ 𐤔𐤈𐤅𐤇 shatocha spread out HVqa סְבִיב֖וֹת 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤕 sevivot around HNcbpc הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶֽה 𐤄/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 hamachaneh the camp HTd/Ncbsa
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