Numbers 16:34
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.”
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
סָבִיב
was around/ them
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סָבִיב
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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נוּס
they fled
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נוּס
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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בָּלַע
it should swallow/ us
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בָּלַע
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
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