Numbers 12:3

12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

Numbers 16:31

16:31 When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,


tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two.

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.”

tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.