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They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Rephidimמֵרְפִידִםand campedוַיַּחֲנוּin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Sinai.סִינָי
Numbers 33:15
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With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:15, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Rephidimרְפִידִםrefidim
Rephidim
Rephidim, a camping place in the desert before Sinai.
Where else “refidim” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinaiסִינָיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” 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
14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water there for the people to drink.
15 · This verse (above)
16They set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.