Numbers 16:34
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Allוְכָל־
(ve·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
(yis·ra·'el)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
whoאֲשֶׁ֛ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
[were] aroundסְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם
(se·vi·vo·tei·hem)
5439: circuit, round aboutfrom sabab
them fledנָ֣סוּ
(na·su)
5127: to flee, escapea prim. root
at their outcry,לְקֹלָ֑ם
(le·ko·lam;)
6963: sound, voicefrom an unused word
for they said,אָֽמְר֔וּ
(a·me·ru,)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
"The earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃
(ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root
may swallowתִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ
(tiv·la·'e·nu)
1104: to swallow down, swallow up, engulfa prim. root
us up!" 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And all Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
that were round about
cabiyb  (saw-beeb')
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around -- (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
them fled
nuwc  (noos)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
at the cry
qowl  (kole)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
of them for they said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Lest the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
swallow us up
bala`  (baw-lah')
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy -- cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
also
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!"

King James Bible
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, "The earth may swallow us too!"

International Standard Version
Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, "…so the ground won't swallow us up, too."

NET Bible
All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "What if the earth swallows us too?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All the Israelites around them ran away when they heard their screams. They thought the ground would swallow them, too.

King James 2000 Bible
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
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