106:16 In the camp they resented 1 Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest. 2
106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered 3 because of them,
106:33 for they aroused 4 his temper, 5
and he spoke rashly. 6
1 tn Or “envied.”
2 tn Heb “the holy one of the
3 tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”
4 tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.
5 tn Heb “his spirit.”
6 tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.