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They set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Marahמִמָּרָהand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Elim;אֵילִמָהand at Elimוּבְאֵילִםthere were twelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהspringsעֵינֹתof waterמַיִםand seventyוְשִׁבְעִיםpalm trees,תְּמָרִיםand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּthere.שָׁם
Numbers 33:9
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:9, word by word
- They set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Marahמָּרָהmara
Marah
Marah, "bitter": a place in the desert with bitter water.
Where else “mara” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to Elimאֵילִמָelima
Elim
Elim, an oasis in the desert, with springs and palm trees.
Where else “elima” appears- there were twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- there were twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- springsעֵינֹתenot
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “enot” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- palm treesתְּמָרִיםtemarim
palm tree
Palm tree.
Where else “temarim” appears- and they campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10They set out from Elim and camped by the Sea of Reeds.