KJV King James Version
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
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Numbers 11:34
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
WEB World English Bible
The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
ASV American Standard Version
And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.
Surrounding context — Numbers 11
31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let [them] fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits [high] upon the face of the earth.
32 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.
33 And while the flesh [was] yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
35 [And] the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
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וַיִּקְרָ֛אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵֽׁם־H8034 · shemnameהַמָּק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itקִבְר֣וֹתH6914 · qiv.rot hat.ta.a.vahKibroth-hattaavahהַֽתַּאֲוָ֑הH6914 · qiv.rot hat.ta.a.vahKibroth-hattaavahכִּי־H3588 · kiforשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereקָֽבְר֔וּH6912 · qa.varto buryאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleהַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃H183 · a.vahto desire
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 9:22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.Numbers 33:16And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
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