Study it in the app“We set out from Horeb and went through all that great and fearsome wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorite, as YHWH our Elohim had commanded us, and we came to Kadesh-barnea.”
We set outוַנִּסַּעfrom Horebמֵחֹרֵבand wentוַנֵּלֶךְthrough allאֵת כָּלthatהַהוּאgreatהַגָּדוֹלand fearsomeוְהַנּוֹרָאwildernessהַמִּדְבָּרthatאֲשֶׁרyou saw,רְאִיתֶםon the wayדֶּרֶךְto the hill countryהַרof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּhad commandedצִוָּהus,אֹתָנוּand we cameוַנָּבֹאtoעַדKadesh-barnea.קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nisa” appearsHoreb
See it on the mapWhere else “chorev” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelech” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsbe fearsome
To be so great or powerful that one inspires awe and respect.
Where else “nora” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “navo” appearsKadesh-barnea
See it on the mapWhere else “kadesh” appears1Horeb ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
The mountain of God in the wilderness; another name for Sinai or a nearby mountain, and its location is not certain.
There God spoke to Moses from the bush that burned without burning up (Exod 3:1-2). Elijah came there fleeing from Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:8).
2Kadesh-barnea ?
Today: possibly Ain Qudeirat, Sinai/Negev border
An oasis in the desert south of Canaan; its exact site is not certain.
Moses sent the twelve spies from there (Num 13:26). Because of their unbelief, Israel wandered in the wilderness almost forty years (Deut 2:14).
18And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.
19 · This verse (above)
20I said to you, “You have come to the hill country of the Amorite, which YHWH our Elohim is giving us.
