The Meaning of Numbers 11:34 Explained

Numbers 11:34

KJV: And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

YLT: and one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

Darby: And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted.

ASV: And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he called  the name  of that place  Kibrothhattaavah:  because there they buried  the people  that lusted. 

What does Numbers 11:34 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 11:34 mean?

So he called - the name of place that - Kibroth Hattaavah because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving
וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־ שֵֽׁם־ הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא קִבְר֣וֹת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה כִּי־ שָׁם֙ קָֽבְר֔וּ הָעָ֖ם הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים

וַיִּקְרָ֛א  So  he  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
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.
שֵֽׁם־  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הַמָּק֥וֹם  of  place 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
הַה֖וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
קִבְר֣וֹת  - 
Parse:
הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה  Kibroth  Hattaavah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: הַתַּאֲוָה 
Sense: a station of Israel in the wilderness 3 campsites away from Sinai near the gulf of Akabah.
כִּי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
קָֽבְר֔וּ  they  buried 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים  who  had  yielded  to  craving 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine plural
Root: אָוָה  
Sense: desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer.

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