Numbers 16:34
Strong's Lexicon
At their cries,
לְקֹלָ֑ם (lə·qō·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6963: 1) voice, sound, noise 1a) voice 1b) sound (of instrument) 2) lightness, frivolity

all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

the people of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

who [were]
אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

around them
סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯê·hem)
Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5439: subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side

fled,
נָ֣סוּ (nā·sū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5127: 1) to flee, escape 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flee 1a2) to escape 1a3) to take flight, m depart, disappear 1a4) to fly (to the attack) on horseback 1b) (Polel) to drive at 1c) (Hithpolel) to take flight 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to put to flight 1d2) to drive hastily 1d3) to cause to disappear, hide

saying,
אָֽמְר֔וּ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“The earth
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

may
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: conj 1) lest, not, beware lest adv 2) lest

swallow us too !”
תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ (tiḇ·lā·‘ê·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1104: 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

Young's Literal Translation
and all Israel who [are] round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, ‘Lest the earth swallow us;’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, “ The earth may swallow us too! ”

New American Standard Bible
All Israel who [were] around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!"

King James Bible
And all Israel that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, "The earth is going to swallow us too!"

New Living Translation
All the people around them fled when they heard their screams. "The earth will swallow us, too!" they cried.

English Standard Version
And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”

New American Standard Bible
All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!"

King James Bible
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, "The earth may swallow us too!"

International Standard Version
Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, "…so the ground won't swallow us up, too."

NET Bible
All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "What if the earth swallows us too?"

American Standard Version
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

English Revised Version
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

Young's Literal Translation
and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, 'Lest the earth swallow us;'
















Cross References
Numbers 16:33
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 16:32
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

Numbers 16:31
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

Numbers 16:36
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 16:37
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
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