They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Elim,מֵאֵילִםand allוַ כָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcameיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe wildernessמִדְבַּרof Sin,סִיןwhichאֲשֶׁרis betweenבֵּיןElimאֵילִםandוּבֵיןSinai,סִינָיon the fifteenthבַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיmonthלַחֹדֶשׁafter their departureלְצֵאתָםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 16:1
Study it in the app“They set out from Elim, and all the community of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:1, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Elimאֵילִםelim
Elim
Elim, an oasis in the desert, with springs and palm trees.
Where else “elim” appears- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinסִיןsin
Sin
Sin, a desert between Elim and Sinai; also a city of Egypt (Ezekiel 30:15-16). The name has nothing to do with the English word "sin".
Where else “sin” appears- Sinaiסִינָיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears- on the fifteenthחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- on the fifteenthעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- after their departureצֵאתָtseta
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseta” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
1Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And all the community of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.