They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Succothמִסֻּכֹּתand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Etham,בְאֵתָםwhich isאֲשֶׁרon the edgeבִּקְצֵהof the wilderness.הַמִּדְבָּר
Numbers 33:6
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Numbers 33:6, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Succothסֻּכֹּתsukot
Succoth
Succoth: "booths". A place east of the Jordan; also a place in Egypt where Israel camped.
Where else “sukot” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- at Ethamאֵתָםetam
Etham
Etham, a camping place at the edge of the desert.
Where else “etam” appears- on the edgeקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
5The sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
6 · This verse (above)
7They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is in front of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.