King James Version

Numbers 14:37

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

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וַיָּמֻ֨תוּ֙vayamutvand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםhaanashimthe a certainאִישׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מוֹצִאֵ֥יmotsiebring forthיָצָאverb, hiphil, participle, construct — “bring forth”, a verb used as a describing wordH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…דִבַּתdibatslanderדִּבָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “slander”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1681slanderdefaming, evil report, infamy, slander.הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.רָעָ֑הraahbadרַעadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖הbamagefahin plagueמַגֵּפָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in plague”, the ordinary formH4046a pestilence; by analogy, defeat([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.לִפְנֵ֥יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;

World English Bible

even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.

Darby Translation

even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

Died and were struck in the sight of the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἀπέθανον οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ κατείπαντες πονηρὰ κατὰ τῆς γῆς ἐν τῇ πληγῇ ἔναντι Κυρίου.