Numbers 11:34

34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah because they buried the people that {were greedy}.

Numbers 11:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 11:34

And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah
That is, Moses called it so, or it was called by the children of Israel, and by others in later times, by this name, which signifies "the graves of lust"; dug by lust, or which lust was the cause and occasion of, and where those that indulged it were buried, as follows:

because there they buried the people that lusted;
not all that lusted, for the lusting was pretty general; but all that died through their gluttony and intemperance, and the judgment of God on them; or who were the most inordinate in their lust, and encouraged others in it, and were the ringleaders in the murmur and mutiny.

Numbers 11:34 In-Context

32 And so the people {worked} all day and all night and all the next day, and they gathered the quail (the least of the ones collecting gathered ten homers).

33 While the meat [was] still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people.

34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah because they buried the people that {were greedy}.

35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people set out [to] Hazeroth; and they stayed in Hazeroth.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "the graves of greediness"
• [b]. Literally "craved"