Allכָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלset outוַיִּסְעוּfrom the wildernessמִמִּדְבַּרof Sin,סִיןby their stages,לְמַסְעֵיהֶםaccording to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWH,יְהוָהand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Rephidim;בִּרְפִידִיםbut there was noוְאֵיןwaterמַיִםfor the peopleהָעָםto drink.לִשְׁתֹּת
Exodus 17:1
Study it in the app“All the community of the sons of Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the command of YHWH, and camped at Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 17:1, word by word
- 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- set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from the wildernessמִּדְבַּרmidbar
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- by their stagesמַסְעֵיmase
stage
Each leg of a journey, between one camp and the next.
Where else “mase” appears- according to the commandפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- at Rephidimרְפִידִיםrefidim
Rephidim
Rephidim, a camping place in the desert before Sinai.
Where else “refidim” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- for the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- to drinkשְׁתֹּתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test YHWH?”