Numbers 11:31
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And a wind going out from the Lord, taking quails up beyond the sea brought them, and cast them into the camp for the space of one day's journey, on every side of the camp round about, and they flew in the air two cubits high above the ground.

a wind

Exodus 10:13,19 And Moses stretched forth his rod upon the land of Egypt: and the Lord brought a burning wind all that day, and night; and when it was morning, the burning wind raised the locusts. . . .

Exodus 15:10 Thy wind blew and the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters.

Psalm 135:7 He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

and brought

Exodus 16:13 So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.

Psalm 78:26-29 He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind. . . .

Psalm 105:40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

quails.

Context
The Quail and the Plague
31And a wind going out from the Lord, taking quails up beyond the sea brought them, and cast them into the camp for the space of one day's journey, on every side of the camp round about, and they flew in the air two cubits high above the ground.32The people therefore rising up all that day, and night, and the next day, gathered together of quails, he that did least, ten cores: and they dried them round about the camp.…
Cross References
Exodus 16:13
So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.

Numbers 11:30
And Moses returned, with the ancients of Israel, into the camp.

Psalm 78:26
He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind.

Psalm 105:40
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

Psalm 106:15
And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

Lexicon
Now a wind
וְר֜וּחַ (wə·rū·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

sent by
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

came up,
נָסַ֣ע ׀ (nā·sa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey

drove in
וַיָּ֣גָז (way·yā·ḡāz)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1468: To shear off, passing rapidly

quail
שַׂלְוִים֮ (śal·wîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7958: The quail

from
מֵאֵ֣ת (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the sea,
הַיָּם֒ (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and dropped
וַיִּטֹּ֨שׁ (way·yiṭ·ṭōš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5203: To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon

them near
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the camp,
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4264: An encampment, an army

about two cubits
וּכְאַמָּתַ֖יִם (ū·ḵə·’am·mā·ṯa·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

deep
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

for a day’s
י֣וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

journey
כְּדֶ֧רֶךְ (kə·ḏe·reḵ)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

in every direction
כֹּ֗ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

around
סְבִיב֖וֹת (sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

the camp.
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4264: An encampment, an army


Additional Translations
Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and dropped them near the camp, about two cubits deep for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high on the face of the earth.

And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.

And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on that side, round about the camp, as it were two cubits from the earth.

And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth.

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

A wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.

And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land.
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