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They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Ethamמֵאֵתָםand turned backוַיָּשָׁבto Pi-hahiroth,עַל פִּי הַחִירֹתwhich isאֲשֶׁרin front ofעַל פְּנֵיBaal-zephon,בַּעַל צְפוֹןand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּbeforeלִפְנֵיMigdol.מִגְדֹּל
Numbers 33:7
Study it in the app“They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is in front of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.”
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Numbers 33:7, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Ethamאֵתָםetam
Etham
Etham, a camping place at the edge of the desert.
Where else “etam” appears- and turned backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- to Pi-hahirothפִּיpi
Pi-hahiroth
Pi-hahiroth, a place in Egypt by the sea, where Israel camped before crossing.
Where else “pi” appears- in front ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Baal-zephonבַּעַלbaal
Baal-zephon
Baal-zephon, a place in Egypt by the sea; it bears the name of a Canaanite god.
Where else “baal” appears- and they campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- Migdolמִגְדֹּלmigdol
Migdol
Migdol, "tower": a fortified post on the border of Egypt.
Where else “migdol” appears
The context
6They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
7 · This verse (above)
8They set out from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; they went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.