Study it in the app“The days that we traveled from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Wadi Zered were thirty-eight years, until the whole generation, the men of war, had come to an end from the midst of the camp, as YHWH had sworn to them.”
The daysוְהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwe traveledהָלַכְנוּfrom Kadesh-barneaמִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרwe crossedעָבַרְנוּthe Wadiאֶת נַחַלZeredזֶרֶדwere thirty-eightשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶהyears,שָׁנָהuntilעַדthe wholeכָּלgeneration,הַדּוֹרthe menאַנְשֵׁיof war,הַמִּלְחָמָהhad come to an endתֹּםfrom the midstמִקֶּרֶבof the camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad swornנִשְׁבַּעto them.לָהֶם
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachnu” appearsKadesh-barnea
See it on the mapWhere else “kadesh” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarnu” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsZered
Zered, a brook east of the Dead Sea. The name means "overgrown with brush."
Where else “zered” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearseight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsbe consumed
To be completely destroyed.
Where else “tom” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” 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” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appearsKadesh-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).
13“Now rise up and cross the Wadi Zered.” So we crossed the Wadi Zered.
14 · This verse (above)
15Also the hand of YHWH was against them to throw them into confusion from the midst of the camp, until they were finished.
