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They cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Elim,אֵילִמָהwhereוְשָׁםthere were twelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהspringsעֵינֹתof waterמַיִםand seventyוְשִׁבְעִיםpalm trees;תְּמָרִיםand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּthereשָׁםbyעַלthe water.הַמָּיִם
Exodus 15:27
Study it in the app“They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 15:27, word by word
- They cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to Elimאֵילִמָelima
Elim
Elim, an oasis in the desert, with springs and palm trees.
Where else “elima” appears- there were twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- there were twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- springsעֵינֹתenot
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “enot” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- palm treesתְּמָרִיםtemarim
palm tree
Palm tree.
Where else “temarim” appears- and they campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears
The context
26He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, and do what is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not put on you any of the diseases that I put on the Egyptians; for I am YHWH, your healer.”
27 · This verse (above)