Numbers 11:3

Numbers 11:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the Lord had burned among them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the Lord had burned among them there.

Context of Numbers 11:3

1Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 2When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down. So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned among them. 4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.

Numbers 11:3 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא תַּבְעֵרָ֑ה כִּֽי־בָעֲרָ֥ה בָ֖ם אֵ֥שׁ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of theהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• Taberahתַּבְעֵרָהtab‛êrâh · TaberahH8404
• because the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• burntבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197

Cross-references for Numbers 11:3

• Deuteronomy 9:22You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

Commentaries on Numbers 11:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Taberah - i. e. “burning:” not the name of a station, and accordingly not found in the list given in Numbers 11:34) to have occurred at the station called, from another still more terrible event which shortly followed, Kibroth-hattaavah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The people asked Moses to speak to God again on their behalf. This stopped the fire of God's judgment (compare Exodus 15:25; 32:11–14). Taberah: Compare Numbers 11:34–35; see Deuteronomy 9:22.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. When the people complained it displeased the Lord, &c.--Unaccustomed to the fatigues of travel and wandering into the depths of a desert, less mountainous but far more gloomy and desolate than that of Sinai, without any near prospect of the rich country that had been promised, they fell into a state of vehement discontent, which was vented at these irksome and fruitless journeyings. The displeasure of God was manifested against the ungrateful…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 11:3

• Miracles
• Murmuring
• Taberah

In the dictionaries

• Complain
• Cry
• Exodus
• Fall
• Fire
• Sinai
• Taberah
• Talk
• Weep
• Agrapha

Commentaries on Numbers 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings