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And they set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Horמֵהֹרthe mountainהָהָרby the wayדֶּרֶךְof the Seaיַםof Reeds,סוּףto go aroundלִסְבֹבthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Edom;אֱדוֹםand the soulוַ נֶפֶשׁof the peopleהָעָםgrew impatientתִּקְצַרon the way.בַּדָּרֶךְ
Numbers 21:4
Study it in the app“And they set out from Hor the mountain by the way of the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people grew impatient on the way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:4, word by word
- And they set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Horהֹרhor
Hor
Hor: a mountain on the border of Edom where Aaron died; also a mountain in the north. The name means "mountain."
Where else “hor” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of 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- to go aroundסְבֹבsevov
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “sevov” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- and the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- grew impatientתִּקְצַרtiktsar
run short
To come up lacking; run out of patience.
Where else “tiktsar” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
3And YHWH listened to the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted to destruction them and their cities; and the name of the place was called Hormah.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the people spoke against Elohim and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread and there is no water, and our soul loathes this worthless food.”