The Meaning of Numbers 26:11 Explained

Numbers 26:11

KJV: Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

YLT: and the sons of Korah died not.

Darby: But the children of Korah died not.

ASV: Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Notwithstanding the children  of Korah  died  not. 

What does Numbers 26:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 26

1  The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
52  The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
57  The families and number of the Levites
63  None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai

What do the individual words in Numbers 26:11 mean?

And nevertheless the sons of Korah not did die -
וּבְנֵי־ קֹ֖רַח לֹא־ מֵֽתוּ ס

וּבְנֵי־  And  nevertheless  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
קֹ֖רַח  of  Korah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹרַח  
Sense: son of Izhar, grandson of Kohath, great grandson of Levi and leader of the rebellion of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron while in the wilderness; punished and died by an earthquake and flames of fire.
מֵֽתוּ  did  die 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation