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When you blowוּתְקַעְתֶּםan acclamation,תְּרוּעָהthe campsהַמַּחֲנוֹתthat campהַחֹנִיםon the east sideקֵדְמָהshall set out.וְנָסְעוּ
Numbers 10:5
Study it in the app“When you blow an acclamation, the camps that camp on the east side shall set out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 10:5, word by word
- When you blowתְקַעְתֶּםtekatem
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “tekatem” appears- an acclamationתְּרוּעָהterua
acclamation
A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.
Where else “terua” appears- the campsמַּחֲנוֹתmachanot
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machanot” appears- that campחֹנִיםchonim
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chonim” appears- on the east sideקֵדְמָkedma
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedma” appears- shall set outנָסְעוּnasu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nasu” appears
Translation note
The “acclamation” blast is a loud, broken sound, the signal to set out or for war; it is different from the long blast that summons the assembly (10:7).
The context
4But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather to you.
5 · This verse (above)
6And when you blow an acclamation the second time, the camps that camp on the south side shall set out; an acclamation they shall blow for their settings out.