Study it in the app“They went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.”
They went upוַיַּעֲלוּand encampedוַיַּחֲנוּat Kiriath-jearimבְּקִרְיַת יְעָרִיםin Judah.בִּיהוּדָהThereforeעַל כֵּןthey calledקָרְאוּthatהַהוּאplaceלַמָּקוֹםMahaneh-danמַחֲנֵה דָןtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday;הַיּוֹםlook,הִנֵּהit is behindאַחֲרֵיKiriath-jearim.קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appearsKiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “karu” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsMahaneh-dan
Mahaneh-dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol, near Kiriath-jearim. The name means "camp of Dan."
Where else “machane” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears“Behind” means to the west: in Hebrew, directions are reckoned facing east.
11And there set out from there, from the family of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
12 · This verse (above)
13And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came as far as the house of Micah.
