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Numbers 11:33

“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.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּשָׂרbâsâr · baw-sawr'
H1320 · Hebrew
Definition
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Derivation
from H1319 (בָּשַׂר);
KJV renderings
body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
Grammar
  • הַ — particle (definite article)
  • בָּשָׂ֗ר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HTd/Ncmsa
Usage
Occurs 270 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:21Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:24Genesis 6:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּשָׂר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.