Numbers 33:12

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%)

ממדבר מִמִּדְבַּר־

None

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

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).

Prep-M, 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 סין

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%)

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%)

בדפקה בְּדָפְקָה׃

in the hand

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

דפקה

Dophqâh

Definition

Dophkah, a place in the Desert

Root

from H1849 (דפק); a knock;

Exhaustive

from דפק; a knock; Dophkah, a place in the Desert; Dophkah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1850

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דָּפְקָה

noun proper • Consonantal / Low • Page 376

(cattle-driving) a proper noun for a station of the Israelites in the wilderness, now el-Tobbacha.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּפְקָה

proper name • Page 171

Proper name of a station of the Israelites in the desert. Num. 33:12.

Preposition, Noun proper name

LXX: ραφακα

LXX Usage Statistics

H1850:

ραφακα 2× (100.0%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

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

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

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