## Onkelos Numbers Chapter 11

###### Onkelos Numbers 11:1
[Onkelos Numbers 11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:1)

וַהֲוָה עַמָּא כַּד מִסְתַּקְפִין בִּישׁ **קֳדָם** יְיָ וּשְׁמִיעַ**קֳדָם יְיָ** וּתְקֵף רָגְזֵיהּ וּדְלֵקַת בְּהוֹן אֶשָּׁתָא מִן **קֳדָם** יְיָ וְשֵׁצִיאַת בִּסְיָפֵי מַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people were like complainers; [it was] wicked in the ears of [**before**] Adonoy. Adonoy heard [**before Hashem it was revealed**] and His Anger flared and the fire of [**from before**] Adonoy burned among them and consumed [some] of the outcasts of the camp.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:2
[Onkelos Numbers 11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:2)

וּצְוַח עַמָּא עַל משֶׁה וְצַלִּי משֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ וְאִשְׁתַּקְּעַת אֶשָּׁתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people cried out to Moshe, and Moshe prayed to Adonoy, and the fire subsided.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:3
[Onkelos Numbers 11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:3)

וּקְרָא שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא הַהוּא דְּלֶקְתָּא אֲרֵי דְלֵקַת בְּהוֹן אֶשָּׁתָא מִן **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He called the name of that place Taveirah, for it was there that burned among them the fire of [**from before**] Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:4
[Onkelos Numbers 11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:4)

וַעֲרַבְרְבִין דִּי בֵינֵיהוֹן **שְׁאִילוּ שְׁאֶלְתָּא** וְתָבוּ וּבְכוֹ אַף בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲמָרוּ מַאן יֵיכְלִנָּנָא בִּסְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The collection [of nationalities] among them began to have strong cravings [**make demands**], and Bnei Yisroel turned and began to weep; and they said “Who will feed us meat?


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:5
[Onkelos Numbers 11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:5)

דְּכִירִין אֲנַחְנָא יָת נוּנַיָּא דַּהֲוֵינָא אָכְלִין בְּמִצְרַיִם מַגָּן יָת בּוֹצִינַיָּא וְיָת אֲבַטִּיחַיָּא וּכְרָתֵי וּבוּצְלֵי וְתוּמֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions and garlic.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:6
[Onkelos Numbers 11:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:6)

וּכְעַן נַפְשָׁנָא תָאִיבָא לֵית כָּל מִדָּעַם אֶלָּהֵן לְמַנָּא עֵינָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now our bodies are withered, there is nothing at all, but the manna before our eyes.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:7
[Onkelos Numbers 11:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:7)

וּמַנָּא כְּבַר זְרַע גַּדָּא הוּא וְחֶזְוֵיהּ כְּחֵזוּ בְדֹלְחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The manna was like coriander seed and it is similiar to the appearance of crystal.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:8
[Onkelos Numbers 11:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:8)

שַׁיְטִין עַמָּא וְלָקְטִין **דְּצָבֵי** טָחִין בְּרֵיחַיָּא אוֹ **דְצָבֵי** דָאִיךְ בַּמְּדֻכְתָּא וּמְבַשְּׁלִין לֵיהּ בְּקִדְרָא וְעָבְדִין יָתֵיהּ גְּרִיצָן וַהֲוָה טַעֲמֵיהּ כִּטְעֵם דְּלִישׁ בְּמִשְׁחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people [merely] strolled about and they gathered it and [**if they so desired,**] they ground it with a millstone or [**if they so desired,**] crushed it in mortars and cooked it in pots and made cakes out of it. Its taste was like the taste of cake kneaded with oil.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:9
[Onkelos Numbers 11:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:9)

וְכַד נָחֵית טַלָּא עַל מַשְׁרִיתָא לֵילְיָא נָחֵית מַנָּא עֲלוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When the dew would descend on the camp, at night, the manna would descend on it.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:10
[Onkelos Numbers 11:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:10)

וּשְׁמַע משֶׁה יָת עַמָּא בָּכַן לְזַרְעֲיַתְהוֹן גְּבַר בִּתְרַע מַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ וּתְקֵף רָגְזָא דַיְיָ לַחֲדָא וּבְעֵינֵי משֶׁה בִּישׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe heard the people weep according to their families, at the door of each one’s tent. The Anger of Adonoy was greatly aroused and in Moshe’s eyes, it was evil.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:11
[Onkelos Numbers 11:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:11)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ לְמָא אַבְאֶשְׁתָּא לְעַבְדָּךְ וּלְמָא לָא אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין קֳדָמָךְ לְשַׁוָּאָה יָת מְטוּל כָּל עַמָּא הָדֵין עָלָי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to Adonoy: “Why have you dealt poorly with Your servant, and why have I not found favor in Your eyes that You place the burden of the entire people upon me?


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:12
[Onkelos Numbers 11:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:12)

**הֲאַב אֲנָא** לְכָל עַמָּא הָדֵין אִם **בְּנַי אִנּוּן** דְּאָמְרֵת לִי סוֹבַרְהִי **בְּתָקְפָּךְ** כְּמָא דִמְסוֹבַר תֻּרְבְּיָנָא יָת יַנְקָא עַל אַרְעָא דִּי קַיֶּמְתָּא לַאֲבָהָתוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Have I conceived [**am I a father to**] this entire people? have I given birth to it [**are they my children**] that You say to me, carry it [**with might**] in your lap as a nurse carries an infant, to the land which You swore to their forefathers?


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:13
[Onkelos Numbers 11:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:13)

מְנַן לִי בִּסְרָא לְמֵיהַב לְכָל עַמָּא הָדֵין אֲרֵי בָּכַן עָלַי לְמֵימַר הַב לָנָא בִסְרָא וְנֵיכוּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From where do I have meat to give to this entire people on account of which they cry to me, saying: “Give us meat and we shall eat.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:14
[Onkelos Numbers 11:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:14)

לֵית אֲנָא יָכִיל בִּלְחוֹדִי לְסוֹבָרָא יָת כָּל עַמָּא הָדֵין אֲרֵי יַקִּיר מִנִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I alone can not carry this entire people, for they are too burdensome for me.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:15
[Onkelos Numbers 11:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:15)

וְאִם כְּדֵין אַתְּ עָבֵד לִי קְטָלְנִי כְעַן קְטוֹל אִם אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין **קֳדָמָךְ** וְלָא אֶחֱזֵי בְּבִישְׁתִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If this is the way You treat me, please kill me, if I have found favor in Your eyes [**before You**]; so that I will not see my evil.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:16
[Onkelos Numbers 11:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:16)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה כְּנוֹשׁ **קֳדָמַי** שַׁבְעִין גַּבְרָא מִסָּבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּי יְדַעַתְּ אֲרֵי אִנּוּן סָבֵי עַמָּא וְסַרְכוֹהִי וּתְדַבַּר יָתְהוֹן לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְיִתְעַתְּדוּן תַּמָּן עִמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe: “Gather seventy men for [**before**] Me, from among the elders of Israel, [men] whom you know to be the people’s elders, and its officers, and you shall take them to the Tent of Meeting, and they shall stand there with you.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:17
[Onkelos Numbers 11:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:17)

**וְאֶתְגְּלֵי** וֶאֱמַלֵּל עִמָּךְ תַּמָּן וַאֲרַבֵּי מִן רוּחָא דַּעֲלָךְ וֶאֱשַׁוֵּי עֲלֵיהוֹן וִיסוֹבְרוּן עִמָּךְ בְּמַטּוּל עַמָּא וְלָא תְסוֹבַר אַתְּ בִּלְחוֹדָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I will descend [**appear**] and speak there with you, and I will make greater the spirit which is upon you, and place it on them, and they will bear, along with you, the burden of the people so that you need not bear it alone.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:18
[Onkelos Numbers 11:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:18)

וּלְעַמָּא תֵימַר אִזְדַּמְּנוּ לִמְחַר וְתֵיכְלוּן בִּסְרָא אֲרֵי בְּכֵיתוּן **קֳדָם** יְיָ לְמֵימַר מָן יֵכְלִנָּנָא בִּסְרָא אֲרֵי טַב לָנָא בְּמִצְרָיִם וְיִתֵּן יְיָ לְכוֹן בִּסְרָא וְתֵיכְלוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall say to the people, prepare yourselves for the morrow and you shall eat meat, for you have cried in the ears of [**before**] Adonoy, saying: “Who will feed us meat; we had it good in Egypt;” [now] Adonoy gives you meat and you shall eat.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:19
[Onkelos Numbers 11:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:19)

לָא יוֹמָא חַד תֵּיכְלוּן וְלָא תְרֵין יוֹמִין וְלָא חַמְשָׁא יוֹמִין וְלָא עַשְׂרָא יוֹמִין וְלָא עַשְׂרִין יוֹמִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Not for one day will you be eating and not for two days; not for five days, not for ten days, and not for twenty days.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:20
[Onkelos Numbers 11:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:20)

עַד יְרַח יוֹמִין עַד דִּי **תְקוֹצוּן** בֵּיהּ וִיהֵי לְכוֹן לְתַקְלָא חֲלַף דְּקַצְתּוּן יָת **מֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ **דִּשְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ שַׁרְיַת** בֵּינֵיכוֹן וּבְכֵיתוּן קֳדָמוֹהִי לְמֵימַר לְמָא דְנַן נְפַקְנָא מִמִּצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But rather for a month of days, until it comes out of your nostrils [**will disgust you**] and it will be repulsive to you; [this is] because you have rejected [**the word of**] Adonoy Who[**’s Shechinah dwells**] is among you, and you have cried before Him, saying: “Why have we come out from Egypt?”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:21
[Onkelos Numbers 11:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:21)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה שִׁית מְאָה אַלְפִין גַּבְרָא רִגְלָאָה עַמָּא דִּי אֲנָא בֵינֵיהוֹן וְאַתְּ אֲמַרְתְּ בִּסְרָא אֶתֵּן לְהוֹן וְיֵיכְלוּן יְרַח יוֹמִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said: “The people are six hundred thousand on foot that I am among and You say that I will give them meat, to eat it for a month of days?


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:22
[Onkelos Numbers 11:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:22)

הֲעָן וְתוֹרִין יִתְנַכְּסוּן לְהוֹן הַיְסַפְּקוּן לְהוֹן אִם יָת כָּל נוּנֵי יַמָּא יִתְכַּנְּשׁוּן לְהוֹן הַיְסַפְּקוּן לְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Will sheep and cattle be slaughtered for them would that be sufficient for them? If all the fish of the sea would be gathered for them, would that be sufficient for them?”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:23
[Onkelos Numbers 11:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:23)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה **הֲמֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ **יִתְעַכָּב** כְּעַן תֶּחֱזֵי הַיְעַרְעִנָּךְ פִּתְגָּמִי אִם לָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe: “Has [**can**] the Hand [**word**] of Adonoy become short [**be restrained**]? Now you will see if My words will occur unto you or not.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:24
[Onkelos Numbers 11:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:24)

וּנְפַק משֶׁה וּמַלִּיל לְעַמָּא יָת פִּתְגָּמַיָּא דַיְיָ וּכְנֵשׁ שַׁבְעִין גַּבְרָא מִסָּבֵי עַמָּא וַאֲקֵם יָתְהוֹן סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְמַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe went out and spoke the words of Adonoy to the people, and he gathered seventy men from the elders of the people and he had them stand around the Tent.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:25
[Onkelos Numbers 11:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:25)

**וְאִתְגְּלִי** יְיָ בַּעֲנָנָא וּמַלִּיל עִמֵּיהּ וְרַבִּי מִן רוּחָא דִּי עֲלוֹהִי וִיהַב עַל שַׁבְעִין גַּבְרָא סָבַיָּא וַהֲוָה כַּד שְׁרַת עֲלֵיהוֹן רוּחָא **דִנְבוּאָה** וּמִתְנַבְּאִין וְלָא פַסְקִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy descended [**appeared**] in a cloud and spoke to him, and He magnified the spirit which was upon him and He gave it unto the seventy men, [who were] the elders. When the spirit [**of prophecy**] came to rest upon them they prophesied, and they did not cease.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:26
[Onkelos Numbers 11:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:26)

וְאִשְׁתָּאָרוּ תְּרֵין גֻּבְרִין בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא שׁוּם חָד אֶלְדָּד וְשׁוּם תִּנְיָנָא מֵידָד וּשְׁרַת עֲלֵיהוֹן רוּחָא **דִנְבוּאָה** וְאִנּוּן בִּכְתִיבַיָּא וְלָא נְפָקוּ לְמַשְׁכְּנָא וְאִתְנַבִּיאוּ בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Two people remained in the camp; one’s name was Eldad and the second one’s name was Meidad. The spirit [**of prophecy**] rested upon them; they were among those inscribed, and they did not go out to the Tent, and they prophesied in the camp.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:27
[Onkelos Numbers 11:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:27)

וּרְהַט עוּלֵמָא וְחַוִּי לְמשֶׁה וַאֲמַר אֶלְדָּד וּמֵידָד מִתְנַבְּאִין בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The youth ran and told Moshe, and said: “Eldad and Meidad are prophesying in the camp.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:28
[Onkelos Numbers 11:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:28)

וַאֲתֵב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּר נוּן מְשֻׁמְּשָׁנֵיהּ דְמשֶׁה מֵעוּלֵמוּתֵיהּ וַאֲמַר רִבּוֹנִי משֶׁה **אֲסָרִנּוּן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehoshua the son of Nun answered, [he being] the attendant of Moshe, from his youth, and he said: “My master Moshe, destroy [**bind**] them!”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:29
[Onkelos Numbers 11:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:29)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ משֶׁה הֲקִנְאָתִי אַתְּ מְקַנֵּי לִי רְעֵינָא פוֹן דִּיהוֹן כָּל עַמָּא דַיְיָ נְבִיאָין אֲרֵי יִתֵּן יְיָ יָת רוּחַ נְבוּאֲתֵיהּ עֲלֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to him, “Are you vengeful for me? Would (that) it be that all Adonoy’s people were prophets, that Adonoy would give His Spirit upon them.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:30
[Onkelos Numbers 11:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:30)

וְאִתְכְּנֵשׁ משֶׁה לְמַשְׁרִיתָא הוּא וְסָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe entered into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:31
[Onkelos Numbers 11:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:31)

וְרוּחָא נְטַל מִן **קֳדָם** יְיָ וְאַפְרַח שְׂלָיו מִן יַמָּא וּרְמָא עַל מַשְׁרִיתָא כְּמַהֲלַךְ יוֹמָא לְכָא וּכְמַהֲלַךְ יוֹמָא לְכָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְמַשְׁרִיתָא וּכְרוּם תַּרְתֵּין אַמִּין עַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From [**before**] Adonoy there gusted a wind and He caused quail to fly from the sea and spread them over the camp, about a day’s journey from this side and about a day’s journey from that side, around the camp, and about two *amo¯s* above the ground’s surface.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:32
[Onkelos Numbers 11:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:32)

וְקָם עַמָּא כָּל יוֹמָא הַהוּא וְכָל לֵילְיָא וְכֹל יוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וּכְנָשׁוּ יָת שְׂלָיו דְּאַזְעַר כְּנַשׁ עַשְׂרָא דְגוֹרִין וּשְׁטָחוּ לְהוֹן מַשְׁטִיחִין סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְמַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people arose all of that day, the entire night and the entire next day, and they gathered the quail. He who gathered the least amount, gathered ten heaps and they spread them for themselves around the camp.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:33
[Onkelos Numbers 11:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:33)

בִּסְרָא עַד כְּעַן בֵּין שִׁנֵּיהוֹן עַד לָא פְסַק וְרָגְזָא דַיְיָ תְּקֵיף בְּעַמָּא וּקְטַל יְיָ בְּעַמָּא קְטוֹל סַגִּי לַחֲדָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The meat was still between their teeth before it was [even] finished, when the wrath of Adonoy was incited upon the people, and Adonoy smote the people an enormous blow.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:34
[Onkelos Numbers 11:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:34)

וּקְרָא יָת שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא הַהוּא **קִבְרֵי דִמְשַׁאֲלֵי** אֲרֵי תַמָּן קְבָרוּ יָת עַמָּא דְּשָׁאִילוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He called the name of that place Kivros Hataavoh [**Graves of the Demanders**], for it was there that they buried the people who had these cravings.


###### Onkelos Numbers 11:35
[Onkelos Numbers 11:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/11:35)

מִקִּבְרֵי דִמְשַׁאֲלֵי נְטָלוּ עַמָּא לַחֲצֵרוֹת וַהֲווֹ בַּחֲצֵרוֹת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
From Kivros Hataavoh the people journeyed to Chatzeiros, and they stayed in Chatzeiros.