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In the third monthבַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁיafter the going outלְצֵאתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַזֶּהthey cameבָּאוּto the wildernessמִדְבַּרof Sinai.סִינָי
Exodus 19:1
Study it in the app“In the third month after the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on that day they came to the wilderness of Sinai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:1, word by word
- In the third monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- In the third monthשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appears- after the going outצֵאתtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” 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- 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- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- they cameבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- to the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinaiסִינָיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
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).
2Sinai ?
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).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2They had set out from Rephidim, and came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.