en_tn/psa/106/017.md

The earth opened and swallowed up

Here how the ground opens up and buries the people is being compared to how a creature swallows something. Alternate translation: "The earth opened and buried" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

Dathan

This was an official who rebelled against Moses. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)

covered the followers of Abiram

The followers of Abiram were also buried when the earth opened and buried Dathan. Alternate translation: "it also covered the followers of Abiram" or "it also buried the followers of Abiram" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

Abiram

This was an official who rebelled against Moses. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)