to grumble
lun chiefly marks voiced complaint directed against leaders or against the LORD in Israel's wilderness disputes.
The supplied verses chiefly show lun in complaints voiced against Moses, Aaron, community leaders, or the LORD: the people protest over water, wilderness circumstances, and communal decisions. The APB does not make this term's contribution explicit in Numbers 17:6 or Psalm 59:16, so those verses do not establish a further use.
Senses in use
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Voicing complaint against an authority · dominant
In Exodus 15:24 the sequential imperfect form occurs as the people address Moses over what they will drink; in Exodus 17:3, the singular sequential imperfect stands in their complaint to Moses about thirst. In Exodus 16:7 and Numbers 16:11, imperfect second-person plural forms occur in direct questions about complaint directed against the LORD, Moses, or Aaron; the APB renders these clauses with “grumbling.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clear complaint clauses, the APB repeatedly uses “grumbled” or “grumbling,” including complaints against Moses, Aaron, leaders, and the LORD. In Numbers 17:6 and Psalm 59:16, the supplied APB wording does not visibly isolate a rendering for the form.