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Numbers 11:21 וַיֹּאמֶר֮ מֹשֶׁה֒ שֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות אֶ֨לֶף֙ רַגְלִ֔י הָעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י בְּקִרְבֹּ֑ו וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֗רְתָּ בָּשָׂר֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֔ם וְאָכְל֖וּ חֹ֥דֶשׁ יָמִֽים׃ 1. Transliteration Vayyōʾmer Mōsheh: shēsh-mēʾōt ʾelef raglî hāʿām ʾasher ʾānōkhî beqirbō; veʾattāh ʾāmartā: bāsār ʾettēn lāhem veʾākhelû ḥōdesh yāmîm. 2. Literal Translation And Moshe said, “Six hundred thousand on foot are the people among whom I am, and You have said, ‘Meat I shall give to them, and they shall eat a month of days.’” 3. Grammar Focus: Hebrew Places the Huge Number First The verse opens with an enormous number: שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף Literally: שֵׁשׁ = six מֵאוֹת = hundreds אֶלֶף = thousand Hebrew places the huge quantity right near the beginning so the reader immediately feels the scale of the problem.… Learn Hebrew