The Meaning of Numbers 11:32 Explained

Numbers 11:32

KJV: And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

YLT: And the people rise all that day, and all the night, and all the day after, and gather the quails -- he who hath least hath gathered ten homers -- and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp.

Darby: And the people rose up all that day, and the whole night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered little gathered ten homers; and they spread them abroad for themselves round about the camp.

ASV: And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the people  stood up  all that day,  and all [that] night,  and all the next  day,  and they gathered  the quails:  he that gathered least  gathered  ten  homers:  and they spread  [them] all abroad  for themselves round about  the camp. 

What does Numbers 11:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 11:26-35 - "the Graves Of Lust"
It is delightful to note the proof of the nobility of Moses' nature in the answer he gave to the tidings concerning Eldad and Medad. They might not be of the designated group of elders, and might not have gone out to the Tabernacle, as in Numbers 11:16. They remind us of the unordained and simple disciples of Acts 11:19, etc. But there was no envy in Moses' nature. He would have been only thankful if all had reached a degree of grace even beyond his own attainment.
The quails came. They flew in prodigious flocks, which darkened the air. Exhausted by their long flight, they hovered within three feet of the ground, and so were easily captured. But the passionate haste in eating brought its own terrible nemesis to the Israelites. The story became engraved in the very name given to their halting place, Psalms 106:15. My soul, beware lest thou also be precipitated by thy passionate desires into that gravel Galatians 5:17. [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 11:32 mean?

And stayed up the people all day that and all night and all day the next and gathered - the quail he who gathered least gathered ten homers And they spread [them] out for themselves all around the camp
וַיָּ֣קָם הָעָ֡ם כָּל־ הַיּוֹם֩ הַה֨וּא וְכָל־ הַלַּ֜יְלָה וְכֹ֣ל ׀ י֣וֹם הַֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙ אֶת־ הַשְּׂלָ֔ו הַמַּמְעִ֕יט אָסַ֖ף עֲשָׂרָ֣ה חֳמָרִ֑ים וַיִּשְׁטְח֤וּ לָהֶם֙ שָׁט֔וֹחַ סְבִיב֖וֹת הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

וַיָּ֣קָם  And  stayed  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
הָעָ֡ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַיּוֹם֩  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֨וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַלַּ֜יְלָה  night 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.
וְכֹ֣ל ׀  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
י֣וֹם  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת  the  next 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מָחֳרָת  
Sense: the morrow, the day after.
וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙  and  gathered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַשְּׂלָ֔ו  the  quail 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׂלָו  
Sense: quail.
הַמַּמְעִ֕יט  he  who  gathered  least 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מָעַט  
Sense: to be or become small, be few, be diminished.
אָסַ֖ף  gathered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
עֲשָׂרָ֣ה  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
חֳמָרִ֑ים  homers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹמֶר 
Sense: cement, mortar, clay.
וַיִּשְׁטְח֤וּ  And  they  spread  [them]  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁטַח  
Sense: to spread, spread abroad, stretch out.
לָהֶם֙  for  themselves 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
סְבִיב֖וֹת  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה  the  camp 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.

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