King James Version

Numbers 11:6

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

וְעַתָּ֛הveatahand this timeעַתָּהconjunction, adverb — “and this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּnafshenvcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…יְבֵשָׁ֖הyeveshahdryיָבֵשׁadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “dry”, the ordinary formH3002drydried (away), dry.אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).כֹּ֑לkolallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).בִּלְתִּ֖יbiltibecause unבִּלְתִּיconjunction — “because un”H1115properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמָּ֥ןhamanthe mannaמָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the manna”, the ordinary formH4478literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)manna.עֵינֵֽינוּeyneynveye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.

Young’s Literal Translation

and now our soul [is] dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.'

World English Bible

but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”

Darby Translation

and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.

Douay-Rheims

Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else but manna.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νυνὶ δὲ ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν κατάξηρος· οὐδὲν πλὴν εἰς τὸ μάννα οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.