H8519 H8519
Murmuring, complaint; grumbling protest raised against authority, especially Israel's complaints against God in the wilderness.
A feminine noun appearing exclusively in the Priestly source (P), always describing Israel's grumbling against the LORD during the wilderness wanderings. The term carries a collective, almost corporate weight — these are not private grievances but communal uprisings of discontent. In Exodus 16 the word clusters densely as Israel complains about food, and in Numbers 14 and 17 it surfaces during the rebellion narratives. The noun derives from the verbal root לון/לין (to murmur), and its plural construct forms suggest repeated waves of complaint rather than a single outburst.
Senses
1. murmuring, complaint (noun) — The substantive noun denoting murmurings, grumblings, or formal complaints lodged against God or his appointed leaders. All eight nominal occurrences center on Israel's wilderness rebellion — in Exod 16:7-12, God hears the 'complaints' about manna and quail, while Num 14:27 and 17:20-25 deploy the term in connection with Korah's rebellion and its aftermath. Spanish 'murmuraciones' and 'quejas' both appear, reflecting the dual coloring of grumbling and formal grievance. 8×
AR["تَذَمُّرَاتُكُمْ", "تَذَمُّرَاتُهُمْ", "تَذَمُّرَاتِ", "تَذَمُّرَاتِكُمُ", "تَذَمُّرَاتِكُمْ"]·ben["অভিযোগ", "তাদের-বিড়বিড়গুলি", "তোমাদের-অভিযোগ", "বিড়বিড়গুলি"]·DE["complaints-von", "dein-murmurings", "ihr-murmurings", "murmurings-von"]·EN["complaints-of", "murmurings-of", "their-murmurings", "your-murmurings"]·FR["complaints-de", "leur-murmurings", "murmurings-de", "ton-murmurings"]·heb["תלונות", "תלונותיכם", "תלונתם", "תלנות"]·HI["उनकी-बड़बड़ाहटें", "बड़बड़ाहटें", "बुड़बुड़ाहट", "बुड़बुड़ाहट-तुम्हारी"]·ID["sungut-sungut", "sungut-sungut-kamu", "sungutan", "sungutan-mereka"]·IT["complaints-di", "loro-murmurings", "murmurings-di", "tuo-murmurings"]·jav["gresula", "gresula-panjenengan-sedaya", "panggrundel", "pangresulaning", "pangresulaning-piyambakipun"]·KO["그들-의-불평들-을", "너희의-원망은", "너희의-원망을", "불평들-의", "불평들을", "원망을"]·PT["murmurações-de", "murmurações-deles", "vossas-murmurações", "vossas-murmurações,", "vossas-murmurações."]·RU["ропот", "ропот-ваш", "ропот-их"]·ES["las-murmuraciones-de", "murmuraciones-de-", "quejas-de", "sus-murmuraciones", "vuestras-murmuraciones"]·SW["malalamiko-ya", "malalamiko-yenu", "manung'uniko", "manung'uniko-yao"]·TR["söylenmelerini", "şikâyetlerini", "şikâyetleriniz", "şikâyetlerinizi"]·urd["اُن-کی-بڑبڑاہٹ", "بُڑبُڑاہٹیں", "بڑبڑاہٹ", "تمہاری-بُڑبُڑاہٹیں"]
2. murmuring (Hifil participle, verbal) — The Hifil participial form functioning verbally, meaning 'those who are murmuring' or 'you who murmur.' In Exod 16:8 this form appears alongside the noun, creating a pointed rhetorical echo — 'your murmurings which you are murmuring against the LORD.' Spanish 'murmuráis' (second person plural present) captures the active verbal force that distinguishes this from the static noun. 1×
AR["مُتَذَمِّرُونَ"]·ben["অভিযোগ-করছ"]·DE["murmuring"]·EN["murmuring"]·FR["murmuring"]·heb["מלינים"]·HI["बुड़बुड़ाते-हो"]·ID["bersungut-sungut"]·IT["murmuring"]·jav["ngresula"]·KO["원망하는"]·PT["murmurais"]·RU["ропщете"]·ES["murmuráis"]·SW["mnalalamika"]·TR["söyleniyorsunuz"]·urd["بُڑبُڑاتے-ہو"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [תְּלֻנָּה] n.f. murmuring;—pl. cstr. תְּלֻנּוֹת (תְּלוּנֹּת) Ex 16:12 + 2 times; sf. תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם 16:7 + 3 times; תְּלוּנֹּתָם Nu 17:25;—murmurings of Isr. against י׳ (only P); Ex 16:9, 12; Nu 17:25; sq. עַל Ex 16:7, 8, cf. v 8, Nu 14:27; 17:20 (+ מַלִּינִם על).