What Does Numbers 26:10 Mean?

“opened”

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

“And the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“her mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“and swallowed them up”

to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“together with Korah”

korach, the name of two edomites and three israelites

“died”

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

“when that company”

a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

“devoured”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“what time the fire”

fire (literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and fifty”

fifty

“two hundred”

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

“men”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and they became a sign”

a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token