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They had set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Rephidim,מֵרְפִידִיםand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto the wildernessמִדְבַּרof Sinai,סִינַיand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּin the wilderness;בַּמִּדְבָּרIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלcampedוַיִּחַןthereשָׁםin front ofנֶגֶדthe mountain.הָהָר
Exodus 19:2
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:2, word by word
- They had set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Rephidimרְפִידִיםrefidim
Rephidim
Rephidim, a camping place in the desert before Sinai.
Where else “refidim” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinaiסִינַיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears- and they campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” 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- in front ofנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
Places in this verse
Sinai ?
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
1In 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Moses went up to Elohim, and YHWH called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel: