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It is elevenאַחַד עָשָׂרdaysיוֹםfrom Horebמֵחֹרֵבby the wayדֶּרֶךְof MountהַרSeirשֵׂעִירtoעַדKadesh-barnea.קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ
Deuteronomy 1:2
Study it in the app“It is eleven days from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:2, word by word
- It is elevenאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- It is elevenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- from Horebחֹרֵבchorev
Horeb
See it on the mapWhere else “chorev” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Seirשֵׂעִירseir
Seir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appears- Kadesh-barneaקָדֵשׁkadesh
Kadesh-barnea
See it on the mapWhere else “kadesh” appears
Translation note
Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
Places in this verse
1Horeb ?
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).
The context
1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
2 · This verse (above)
3It was in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that YHWH had commanded him for them,