16:4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground. 1
16:31 When he had finished 2 speaking 3 all these words, the ground that was under them split open,
1 tn Heb “fell on his face.”
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.