Numbers 33:11

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויסעו וַיִּסְעוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נסע

nâçaʻ

Definition

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney; cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5265

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָסַע

verb • Root נסע • Strongs / High • Page 975

Properly to push away, to tear away, to pluck away. Hence to tear out (e.g., a tent-pin).

נָסַע

verb • Root נסע • Strongs / High • Page 976

to break up, a nomadic tent, metaphor. to move on, of men, warlike armies, pillar of fire, sacred tent, ark of the covenant; to migrate; to break up or depart, of shepherds with their flock. In derivatives also, to break off, to loosen, stones; to draw, to bend a bow; to rush on, to rush away.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָסַע

verb • Root נסע • Page 447

1. to tear out, to pluck up; e. g. the door-posts, Judg. 16:3, 14. 2. to break up, to remove, spoken of a nomadic horde. Gen. 35:16. 3. to march, journey, spoken of nomadic people, Gen. 12:9. Niph. to be broken up or removed. Is. 38:12. Hiph. to tear up, as a tree, Job 19:10; to let or cause to remove, Ex. 15:22; to lead, guide, Ps. 78:52.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: ἀπῆραν ἐξῆρεν ἀπῆρεν ἐξαροῦσιν ἀπάραντεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5265:

ἀπῆραν 52× (34.0%)

ἐξῆρεν 8× (5.9%)

ἀπῆρεν 8× (5.3%)

ἐξαροῦσιν 8× (5.2%)

ἀπάραντεσ 7× (4.8%)

ἐξῆραν 6× (3.8%)

--- 5× (3.8%)

ἀπαροῦσιν 4× (2.9%)

ἐξαίρειν 4× (2.0%)

ἀπάρατε 3× (1.9%)

מים מִיַּם־

dual water

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ים

yâm

Definition

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

Root

from an unused root meaning to roar;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3220

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 613

A heap, conflux, or collection of water; a sea. The plural form יַמִּים is also used poetically for the singular. Figuratively, it can refer to a 'sea of clouds' or great rivers such as the Nile and the Euphrates. The construct state is יַם.

יָם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 614

Sea, lake; specifically used for bodies of water like the Red Sea, the Jordan, the Mediterranean, and the Dead Sea. Also refers to the west, a large basin (the brazen sea), streams, and figuratively, a mass of people or an army.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָם

m. prim. • Page 284

A sea, an inland sea, or a lake. Specifically: the sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11), the Salt sea (Gen. 14:3), the Dead sea (Deut. 3:17), the sea of Reeds/Red sea (Ex. 15:4), and the Great sea/Mediterranean.

Prep-M, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: θάλασσαν θαλάσσησ θάλασσα θαλάσσῃ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3220:

θάλασσαν 144× (32.9%)

θαλάσσησ 126× (29.8%)

θάλασσα 39× (9.2%)

θαλάσσῃ 19× (4.2%)

'' 8× (1.9%)

θαλασσῶν 6× (1.6%)

--- 6× (1.6%)

ὕδωρ 6× (1.5%)

ἐρυθρὰν 5× (1.1%)

pεἰσ 4× (1.1%)

סוף סוּף

Reeds

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סוף

çûwph

Definition

a reed, especially the papyrus

Root

probably of Egyptian origin;

Exhaustive

probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus; flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare סוף.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5488

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סוּף

verb • Root סוף • Strongs / High • Page 1013

I. (not used) intr. to be violently moved, to be excited, to storm, of a tempest, to drive, to drive on, to hurry away.

סוּף

verb • Root סוף • Strongs / High • Page 1013

II. (not used) intrans. to draw (water), to swallow, haurire, of sedges and plants in lakes.

סוּף

verb • Root סוף • Strongs / High • Page 1013

III. (fut. יָסוּף) intr. prop. to be cut off, to be at an end, to cease, to vanish, to perish, to be swept away, to be destroyed. Hif. הֵסִיף means to cut off, to destroy, to sweep away.

סוּף

verb (aramaic) • Root סוף • Strongs / High • Page 1013

IV. (Aram.) intr. same as סוּף III. to be at an end; hence of a divine utterance, to be fulfilled. Af. הֵסֵיף to destroy, to annihilate.

סוּף

noun masculine • Root סוף • Strongs / High • Page 1013

(from סוּף II.) 1. sea-weed, sedge, reed, river-grass, rushes (especially thick rushes on the banks of the Nile and the Red Sea, hence יָם סוּף). 2. n. p. of a reedy, sedgy place out of Palestine.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סוּף

verb • Page 471

to cease, to come to an end. Is. 66: 17. Est. 9: 28. (In Syr. and Chald. idem.) Hiph. to cause to cease, to put an end to any thing. Zeph. 1: 2, 3. Jer. 8: 13.

סוּף

noun masculine • Page 471

a reed; particularly (1.) the sea-grass, fucus. Jon. 2: 6. Hence יַם־סוּף the sea of reeds, i.e. the Red sea. Ps. 106: 7, 9, 22. 136: 13.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἐρυθρᾶσ ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ἐρυθράν θαλάσσησ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5488:

ἐρυθρᾶσ 7× (19.3%)

ἐρυθρὰν 6× (15.2%)

θάλασσαν 6× (13.9%)

ἐρυθράν 5× (14.8%)

θαλάσσησ 4× (7.7%)

ἐρυθρᾷ 3× (7.6%)

ויחנו וַיַּחֲנוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חנה

chânâh

Definition

properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)

Root

a primitive root (compare H2603 (חנן));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare חנן); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege); abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2583

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 502

To incline, to bend.

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 503

To be inclined, to sink (of the sun); to set oneself down, to encamp, to dwell, to put up, to besiege, to encamp around for defense.

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 503

(not used) transitive verb, to pierce, of a weapon.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָנָה

verb • Page 237

1. To decline (Judg. 19:9: חֲנוֹת הַיּוֹם, the declining of the day). 2. To station one's self, to pitch one's tent, to encamp (Gen. 26:17; Ex. 13:20). 3. To encamp about any one for protection (Zech. 9:8; Ps. 34:8) or against any one (Ps. 27:3).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: παρενέβαλον παρενέβαλεν παρεμβαλοῦσιν παρεμβάλλουσιν παρεμβάλλοντεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2583:

παρενέβαλον 60× (40.6%)

παρενέβαλεν 11× (7.5%)

παρεμβαλοῦσιν 10× (7.7%)

παρεμβάλλουσιν 10× (6.8%)

παρεμβάλλοντεσ 5× (2.7%)

--- 4× (3.1%)

παρενεβάλοσαν 4× (2.6%)

περιεκάθισεν 3× (2.0%)

παρεμβαλέτωσαν 2× (1.6%)

παρεμβάλετε 2× (1.6%)

במדבר בְּמִדְבַּר־

in the Desolate/Word-Wilderness

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מדבר

midbâr

Definition

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

Root

from H1696 (דבר) in the sense of driving;

Exhaustive

from דבר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4057

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִדְבָּר

noun • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 351

Wilderness, pasture. Derived from דָּבַר II (to lead cattle to pasture).

מִדְבָּר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 810

1. pasture, pasture land, a plain where grass plots are dried up from want of rain; then a steppe. 2. a dry, sterile wilderness. 3. lodge; then a desert generally, an uninhabited, forsaken place.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִדְבָּר

m. verbal / dec. ii. b. • Root דבר • Page 355

1. Speech (Cant. 4:3). 2. A wilderness, uncultivated barren country (Ps. 65:13). 3. An actual waste, a sandy desert (Is. 32:15).

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἐρήμῳ ἔρημον ἐρήμου ἔρημοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4057b:

ἐρήμῳ 128× (40.3%)

ἔρημον 60× (21.3%)

ἐρήμου 42× (15.1%)

ἔρημοσ 10× (4.2%)

pεἰσ 7× (3.0%)

ὡσ 6× (2.7%)

'' 6× (2.3%)

--- 2× (0.9%)

πεδίον 2× (0.8%)

סין סִין׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סין

Çîyn

Definition

Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining; Sin.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5512

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סִין

noun • Root סון • Strongs / High • Page 1012

loam, clay; Arab. طِين, طِيْن, طِنْ, طِيْنَ. swamp, loam &c. Derivat. the proper name סִין 1.

סִין

verb • Root סין • Strongs / High • Page 1012

II. (not used) intr. same as סָכַךְ to be jagged, pointed, of rocks; hence to be abundant in cliffs, of a territory.

סִין

noun proper • Root סון • Strongs / High • Page 1017

1. Eastern border-city of Egypt (Pelusium). 2. A cliff-place in the wilderness near Sinai. 3. A very distant eastern land, usually understood as Sina or China.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סִין

proper name • Page 473

1. A strong city in Egypt, Pelusium (Ezek. 30:15, 16). 2. The desert of Sin, a part of Arabia deserta (Ex. 16:1, Numb. 33:12).

Noun proper name

LXX: σιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5512b:

σιν 4× (66.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And they will remove from the sea of sedge, and encamp in the desert of Sin.

LITV Translation:
And they pulled up from the Sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.