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Forכִּיwhen they came upבַּעֲלוֹתָםfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwentוַיֵּלֶךְthrough the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרtoעַדthe Seaיַםof Reedsסוּףand cameוַיָּבֹאto Kadesh.קָדֵשָׁה
Judges 11:16
Study it in the app“For when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and came to Kadesh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:16, word by word
- when they came upעֲלוֹתָalota
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alota” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- through the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- the Seaיַםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of Reedsסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Kadeshקָדֵשָׁkadesha
Kadesh
Kadesh, an oasis in the wilderness south of Canaan; later a camp of Israel.
Where else “kadesha” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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
15and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the sons of Ammon.
16 · This verse (above)
17Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let me pass, please, through your land,’ but the king of Edom did not listen. He sent also to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.