Then Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהledיַּסַּעIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלonward fromמִthe Sea of Reeds,יַּם סוּףand they went outוַיֵּצְאוּintoאֶלthe wildernessמִדְבַּרof Shur.שׁוּרThey wentוַיֵּלְכוּthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרandוְfoundמָצְאוּnoלֹאwater.מָיִם
Exodus 15:22
Study it in the app“Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 15:22, word by word
- Then Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- ledיַּסַּעyasa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yasa” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the Sea of Reedsיַּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- the Sea of Reedsסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- and they went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Shurשׁוּרshur
Shur
Shur, a wilderness region between Canaan and Egypt.
Where else “shur” appears- They wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- foundמָצְאוּmatsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsu” appears- waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
21And Miriam answered them, “Sing to YHWH, for he is highly exalted; horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.”
22 · This verse (above)
23They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water of Marah, because it was bitter; that is why it was named Marah.