Berean Standard Bible
6So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
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Numbers 21:6
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Jehovah sent the fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many people of Israel died.
The Hebrew *הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים* (ha-neḥashim ha-seraphim) literally means "the serpents, the fiery ones" — *seraphim* here carries the sense of burning or fiery, likely describing the burning sensation of the bite, rendered plainly as "fiery serpents." The verb *וַיְשַׁלַּח* (vayeshallaḥ) means Jehovah actively sent or released them, preserving the directness of divine agency without softening.
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6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
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So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →6
So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
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וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח appoint שָׁלַח shâlach a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idio יְהוָ֜ה Jehovah יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה). בָּעָ֗ם people עַם ʻam from H6004 (עָמַם); a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flo אֵ֚ת apparent contracted אֵת ʼêth apparent contracted from H226 (אוֹת) in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים serpent נָחָשׁ nâchâsh from H5172 (נָחַשׁ); a snake (from its hiss) serpent. הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים fiery שָׂרָף sârâph from H8313 (שָׂרַף); burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color) fiery (serpent), וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ bite נָשַׁךְ nâshak a primitive root; to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan bite, lend upon usury. אֶת apparent contracted אֵת ʼêth apparent contracted from H226 (אוֹת) in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb ־ הָעָ֑ם people עַם ʻam from H6004 (עָמַם); a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flo וַיָּ֥מָת death מוּת mûwth a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death עַם people עַם ʻam from H6004 (עָמַם); a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flo ־ רָ֖ב abound רַב rab by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב); abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedin מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl from H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H410 (אֵל); he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel. ׃
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