Numbers 33:23

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%)

מקהלתה מִקְּהֵלָתָה

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

קהלתה

Qᵉhêlâthâh

Definition

Kehelathah, a place in the Desert

Root

from H6950 (קהל); convocation;

Exhaustive

from קהל; convocation; Kehelathah, a place in the Desert; Kehelathah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6954

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קְהֵלָתָה

noun proper • Root קהל • Strongs / High • Page 1264

Proper name of a station in the wilderness.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָ

unknown • Root מה • Page 350

See מָה Note.

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX: μακελλαθ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6954:

μακελλαθ 2× (100.0%)

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%)

בהר בְּהַר־

in the mountain

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

הר

har

Definition

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Root

a shortened form of H2042 (הרר);

Exhaustive

a shortened form of הרר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2022

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הַר

noun / masculine • Root הרר • Strongs / High • Page 411

1. a mountain, a hill. 2. Figuratively, a great power, kingdom, or obstacle. 3. A mountain-district or hill country.

הַר

noun • Root הרר • Strongs / High • Page 412

A mountain, height. The noun comes from a stem meaning to be high or elevated. It is used to refer to mountainous districts and in combination with place names.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַר

noun masculine • Page 192

a mountain, often a chain of mountains, mountainous country (Gen. 14:10). Plural: הָרִים.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὄροσ ὄρουσ ὄρει ὄρη ὀρέων

LXX Usage Statistics

H2022:

ὄροσ 157× (27.0%)

ὄρουσ 100× (17.5%)

ὄρει 92× (14.0%)

ὄρη 79× (14.2%)

ὀρέων 46× (8.1%)

ὄρεσιν 14× (2.2%)

--- 10× (2.0%)

ὀρεινὴν 7× (1.0%)

pεἰσ 6× (1.2%)

ὀρέων 5× (0.8%)

שפר שָׁפֶר׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שפר

Shepher

Definition

Shepher, a place in the Desert

Root

the same as H8233 (שפר);

Exhaustive

the same as שפר; Shepher, a place in the Desert; Shapper.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8234

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁפַר

aram. intr. verb (aramaic) • Root שפר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1474

Aramaic intransitive verb, same as Hebr. שָׁפַר: to be beautiful, shining; metaphorically to be acceptable, pleasing.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁפַר

verb • Root שפר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1472

To sprout, to grow; figuratively, to be young, strong (of persons) or fertile (of districts).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁפַר

verb • Root שפר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1473

I. To pierce into, then to deepen, to hollow, in order to insert a thing; also to arch.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁפַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1473

II. To shine, to glitter, to lighten; metaphor. to be beautiful, lovely, pleasant, agreeable.

Matched via consonantal key only

שְׁפָר

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1470

A beautiful town, if it be not = שְׁמִיר (thorn-hedge). Proper name of a place in the kingdom of the ten tribes, possibly the locality now el-Savafir.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁפָר

noun masculine • Root שפר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1473

1. Beauty, bright words (from שָׁפַר II); 2. (beautiful mountain) proper name.

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁפֵּר

pih. i. • Root שפר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1473

I. To make hollow, i.e. arched, of a tent, the heaven.

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁפֵּר

pih. ii. • Root שפר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1473

II. To arch.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֶׁפֶר

m. n. verbal from שָׁפַר • Root שפר • Page 696

1. fairness, pleasantness. Gen. 49: 21. 2. name of a mountain in Arabia Deserta. Num. 33: 23, 24.

שְׁפַר

verb • Root שפר • Page 696

Chald. to be fair, pleasant, acceptable; construed with עַל, Dan. 4: 24. with קֳדָם Dan. 3: 32.

שָׁפַר

verb • Root שפר • Page 696

to be fair, shining, pleasant, acceptable; construed with עַל. Ps. 16: 6. Pi. to adorn, garnish. Job 26: 13.

Noun proper name

LXX: σαφαρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8234:

σαφαρ 2× (100.0%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And they will remove from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher.

LITV Translation:
And they pulled up from the Meeting Place and camped in Mount Shapher.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And they departed from Kehelathah, and encamped in Shepher.