Kibroth-hattaavah
qiv.rot hat.ta.a.vah is a place named as a campsite, departure point, burial site, and remembered location of provocation.
The term is used consistently as a proper place-name: a location where people were buried, from which the people traveled, and which is recalled among places of provocation.
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A named location in burial, travel, and recollection · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Numbers 11:34 the APB renders the place as "Kibroth-hattaavah" and says that people who craved were buried there; Numbers 11:35, Numbers 33:16, and Numbers 33:17 locate the people's departure from, arrival at, or camping at the same place. In Deuteronomy 9:22 the APB names it with Taberah and Massah as a place where the people were provoking the LORD to anger.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB presents the term as "Kibroth-hattaavah," treating it as a location in narratives of burial and travel and in a retrospective list. Its specific contribution beyond the place-name cannot be further isolated.