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They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Kadeshמִקָּדֵשׁand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Mount Hor,בְּהֹר הָהָרon the edgeבִּקְצֵהof the landאֶרֶץof Edom.אֱדוֹם
Numbers 33:37
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Numbers 33:37, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Kadeshקָּדֵשׁkadesh
Kadesh
Kadesh, an oasis in the wilderness south of Canaan; later a camp of Israel.
Where else “kadesh” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- at Mount 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- at Mount Horהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- on the edgeקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
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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
36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is Kadesh.
37 · This verse (above)
38Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of YHWH and died there, in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.