12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, 1 more so than any man on the face of the earth.)
16:31 When he had finished 2 speaking 3 all these words, the ground that was under them split open,
1 tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two.
2 tn The initial temporal clause is standard: It begins with the temporal indicator “and it was,” followed here by the Piel infinitive construct with the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix. “And it happened when he finished.”
3 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.