Exodus 15:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּסַּ֨ע מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִיַּם־ס֔וּף וַיֵּצְא֖וּ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁ֑וּר וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְלֹא־מָ֥צְאוּ מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wayyassaʿ Mōšeh ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl miyyam-sūp̄ wayyēṣəʾū ʾel-miḏbar-šūr wayyēləḵū šəlōšet-yāmîm bammiḏbār wəlōʾ-māṣəʾū māyim

Grammar Details

*wayyassaʿ*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he caused to journey
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*miyyam*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from sea of
*sūp̄*: proper noun - Reed/Red Sea
*wayyēṣəʾū*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*miḏbar*: noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness of
*šūr*: proper noun - Shur
*wayyēləḵū*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they walked
*šəlōšet*: noun, feminine singular construct - three of
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
*bammiḏbār*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*māṣəʾū*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they found
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water

Word Meanings

*wayyassaʿ*: caused to journey/moved/led
*miḏbar*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*šəlōšet-yāmîm*: three days/three-day period

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Referenced Verses

Gen 16:7 : 7 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 25:18 : 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he abode over against all his brethren.
1 Sam 15:7 : 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
Exod 3:18 : 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

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Exod 17:1-3
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1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
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Exod 19:1
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Exod 14:11
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