Numbers 11:31
And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land.This verse in the real world
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- גּוּזgûwzproperly, to shear off; but used only in the (figuratively) sense of passing rapidly
- שְׂלָוsᵉlâvthe quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
- כֹּהkôhproperly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (
- נָטַשׁnâṭashproperly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to
- אַמָּהʼammâhproperly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit;
- נָסַעnâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
- מַחֲנֶהmachănehan encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or
- סָבִיבçâbîyb(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without prepos
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 16:13, Psa 105:40, Psa 78:26–29, Exo 10:13, Exo 10:19, Exo 15:10, Psa 135:7