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And the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלset outיִּסְעוּby stagesלְמַסְעֵיהֶםfrom the wildernessמִמִּדְבַּרof Sinai,סִינָיand the cloudוַ הֶעָנָןsettledיִּשְׁכֹּןin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Paran.פָּארָן
Numbers 10:12
Study it in the app“And the sons of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 10:12, word by word
- And the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- by stagesמַסְעֵיmase
stage
Each leg of a journey, between one camp and the next.
Where else “mase” appears- from the wildernessמִּדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinaiסִינָיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears- and the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- settledיִּשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- of Paranפָּארָןparan
Paran
Paran, a desert region south of Canaan, in the Sinai.
Where else “paran” 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
11And it happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was lifted from over the dwelling of the testimony.
12 · This verse (above)
13So they set out for the first time according to the command of YHWH through Moses.