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.
• New International Version (NIV)So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned 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.

Context of Numbers 11:3

1The people were murmuring in the ears of Adonai about hardship, and when Adonai heard, His anger burned. The fire of Adonai blazed among them, ravaging the outskirts of the camp. 2The people cried out to Moses, so Moses prayed to Adonai and the fire died out. The name of that place was thus called Taberah because fire from Adonai had burned among them. 4The grumblers among them began to have cravings, so Bnei-Yisrael began to wail repeatedly, saying, “If we could just eat some meat! 5We remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt, for free—the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the 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 9:22“Again at Taberah and Massah and Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked Adonai to wrath.

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