The Meaning of Numbers 11:33 Explained

Numbers 11:33

KJV: 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.

YLT: The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting;

Darby: The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

ASV: While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 11:33?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 11:33 mean?

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What is the context of Numbers 11:33?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Numbers 11:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 11:26-35 - "the Graves Of Lust"

It is delightful to note the proof of the nobility of Moses' nature in the answer he gave to the tidings concerning Eldad and Medad. They might not be of the designated group of elders, and might not have gone out to the Tabernacle, as in Numbers 11:16. They remind us of the unordained and simple disciples of Acts 11:19, etc. But there was no envy in Moses' nature. He would have been only thankful if all had reached a degree of grace even beyond his own attainment.

The quails came. They flew in prodigious flocks, which darkened the air. Exhausted by their long flight, they hovered within three feet of the ground, and so were easily captured. But the passionate haste in eating brought its own terrible nemesis to the Israelites. The story became engraved in the very name given to their halting place, Psalms 106:15. My soul, beware lest thou also be precipitated by thy passionate desires into that gravel Galatians 5:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 11

¹ The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer
⁴ The people crave meat, and loathe manna
¹⁰ Moses complains of his charge
¹⁶ God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders,
¹⁸ and to give the people meat for a month
²¹ Moses' faith is staggered
³¹ Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah

What do the individual words in Numbers 11:33 mean?

The meat [was] still between their teeth before it was chewed but while the wrath of Yahweh was aroused against the people and struck Yahweh the people with a plague great very

הַבָּשָׂ֗ר עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם טֶ֖רֶם יִכָּרֵ֑ת וְאַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ חָרָ֣ה בָעָ֔ם וַיַּ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ בָּעָ֔ם מַכָּ֖ה רַבָּ֥ה מְאֹֽד

הַבָּשָׂ֗ר	The meat [was]
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בָּשָׂר Sense: flesh.
עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙	still
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine singular Root: עֹוד Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
בֵּ֣ין	between
Parse: Preposition Root: בַּיִן Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם	their teeth
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural Root: שֵׁן Sense: tooth, ivory.
טֶ֖רֶם	before
Parse: Adverb Root: טֶרֶם Sense: before, not yet, before that.
יִכָּרֵ֑ת	it was chewed
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּרַת Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
וְאַ֤ף	but while the wrath
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אַף Sense: nostril, nose, face.
יְהוָה֙	of Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
חָרָ֣ה	was aroused
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָרָה Sense: to be hot, furious, burn, become angry, be kindled.
בָעָ֔ם	against the people
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
וַיַּ֤ךְ	and struck
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
יְהוָה֙	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בָּעָ֔ם	the people
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
מַכָּ֖ה	with a plague
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: מַכָּה Sense: blow, wound, slaughter.
רַבָּ֥ה	great
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
מְאֹֽד	very
Parse: Adverb Root: מְאֹד Sense: exceedingly, much subst.

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Similar Scriptures for Numbers 11:33

		Psalms 78:30-31 [4]
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