Numbers 11:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
But Mosesמֹשֶׁה֒
(mo·sheh)
4872: a great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiverfrom mashah
said,וַיֹּאמֶר֮
(vai·yo·mer)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
"The people,הָעָ֕ם
(ha·'am)
5971a: peoplefrom an unused word
amongבְּקִרְבֹּ֑ו
(be·kir·bov;)
7130: inward part, midstfrom an unused word
whomאֲשֶׁ֥ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
I am, are 600,000שֵׁשׁ־
(shesh-)
8337a: six (a card. number)from an unused word
on foot;רַגְלִ֔י
(rag·li,)
7273: on footfrom the same as regel
yet You have said,אָמַ֗רְתָּ
(a·mar·ta)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
'I will giveאֶתֵּ֣ן
(et·ten)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
them meat,בָּשָׂר֙
(ba·sar)
1320: fleshfrom basar
so that they may eatוְאָכְל֖וּ
(ve·'a·che·lu)
398: to eata prim. root
for a wholeיָמִֽים׃
(ya·mim.)
3117: daya prim. root
month.'חֹ֥דֶשׁ
(cho·desh)
2320: new moon, a monthfrom chadash


















KJV Lexicon
And Moses
Mosheh  (mo-sheh')
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver -- Moses.
said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
The people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
among
qereb  (keh'-reb)
the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
whom I am are six
shesh  (shaysh)
six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth -- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
hundred
me'ah  (may-aw')
a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred(-fold), -th), + sixscore.
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
footmen
ragliy  (rag-lee')
a footman (soldier) -- (on) foot(-man).
and thou hast said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
I will give
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
that they may eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
a whole
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
month
chodesh  (kho'-desh)
the new moon; by implication, a month -- month(-ly), new moon.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.'

King James Bible
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Moses replied, "I'm in the middle of a people with 600,000 foot soldiers, yet You say, 'I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.'

International Standard Version
Moses responded, "I'm with 600,000 people on foot and you're saying I am to give them enough meat to eat for a whole month?

NET Bible
Moses said, "The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But Moses said, "Here I am with 600,000 foot soldiers around me. Yet, you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!'

King James 2000 Bible
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
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