They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיHahirothהַחִירֹתand passedוַיַּעַבְרוּthrough the midstבְתוֹךְof the seaהַיָּםinto the wilderness;הַמִּדְבָּרָהthey wentוַיֵּלְכוּa three days’שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִיםjourneyדֶּרֶךְin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Ethamאֵתָםand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Marah.בְּמָרָה
Numbers 33:8
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:8, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Hahirothחִירֹתchirot
Pi-hahiroth
Pi-hahiroth, a place in Egypt by the sea, where Israel camped before crossing.
Where else “chirot” appears- and passedיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- through the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- into the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- they wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelchu” appears- a three days’שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- a three days’יָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- journeyדֶּרֶךְderech
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appears- of Ethamאֵתָםetam
Etham
Etham, a camping place at the edge of the desert.
Where else “etam” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- at Marahמָרָהmara
Marah
Marah, "bitter": a place in the desert with bitter water.
Where else “mara” appears
The context
7They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is in front of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.
8 · This verse (above)
9They set out from Marah and came to Elim; and at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.