The Meaning of Numbers 11:13 Explained

Numbers 11:13

KJV: Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

YLT: Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.

Darby: Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!

ASV: Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whence  should I have flesh  to give  unto all this people?  for they weep  unto me, saying,  Give  us flesh,  that we may eat. 

What does Numbers 11:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 11:1-15 - The Murmuring Flesh-Lovers
We cannot wonder at the people's murmuring. They were unaccustomed to the fatigues of the desert, and had not realized the length of the journey. Let us beware of querulous complaints. See 1 Corinthians 10:10. Let us also guard against familiarity with those who have never known God's regenerating grace. "The mixed multitude" was largely composed of Egyptians, whose evil example spread to the chosen people, Exodus 12:38. When our religious life is low, we tire of angels' food, and our hearts turn back to the world we have left.
Moses' outcry is hardly to be wondered at. He was thoroughly overstrained by the immense demands of his life. But he ought not to have spoken as though the entire weight of the pilgrimage rested on him. His Almighty Friend was bearing and carrying them during "all the days of old." See Isaiah 63:9. We must never look at our responsibilities apart from Him who makes all grace abound, 2 Corinthians 9:8. [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 11:13 mean?

where to me should I have meat to give to all people this for they weep all over me saying Give us meat that we may eat
מֵאַ֤יִן לִי֙ בָּשָׂ֔ר לָתֵ֖ת לְכָל־ הָעָ֣ם ؟ הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־ יִבְכּ֤וּ עָלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָה־ לָּ֥נוּ בָשָׂ֖ר וְנֹאכֵֽלָה

מֵאַ֤יִן  where 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: אַיִן  
Sense: where?, whence?.
לִי֙  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
בָּשָׂ֔ר  should  I  have  meat 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
לָתֵ֖ת  to  give 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְכָל־  to  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעָ֣ם  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
؟ הַזֶּ֑ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
יִבְכּ֤וּ  they  weep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּכָה  
Sense: to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears.
עָלַי֙  all  over  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לֵאמֹ֔ר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
תְּנָה־  Give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָּ֥נוּ  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
בָשָׂ֖ר  meat 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
וְנֹאכֵֽלָה  that  we  may  eat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

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