Numbers 12:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַחַ֛ר נָסְע֥וּ הָעָ֖ם מֵחֲצֵר֑וֹת וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃

Transliteration

Wə-ʾaḥar nāsʿū hāʿām mēḤăṣērōt wayyaḥănū bə-midbar Pāʾrān

Grammar Details

*Wə-ʾaḥar*: conjunction + adverb - 'and afterward'
*nāsʿū*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they set out'
*hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - 'the people'
*mēḤăṣērōt*: preposition + proper noun - 'from Hazeroth'
*wayyaḥănū*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they camped'
*bə-midbar*: preposition + masculine singular construct - 'in the wilderness of'
*Pāʾrān*: proper noun - 'Paran'

Word Meanings

*nāsʿū*: set out/journeyed/departed
*wayyaḥănū*: camped/encamped/pitched camp
*midbar*: wilderness/desert

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:35 : 35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.
Num 10:12 : 12 And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
Num 33:18 : 18 And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
1 Sam 25:1 : 1 And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.
Gen 21:21 : 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Num 13:3 : 3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
Num 13:26 : 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 10:12-13
2 verses
81%
12And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
13And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Num 33:15-19
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81%
15And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
16And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah.
17And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.
18And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
19And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez.
Num 11:35
80%
35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.
Num 12:15
76%
15And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
Num 21:12-13
2 verses
75%
12From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
13From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Num 33:35-37
3 verses
75%
35And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.
36And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).
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Num 33:41-44
4 verses
73%
41And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
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Num 33:24-32
9 verses
73%
24And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.
25And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.
26And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
27And they journeyed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
28And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.
29And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
30And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
31And they journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan.
32And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad.
Num 33:6-8
3 verses
72%
6And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
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Gen 14:6
71%
6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Num 33:22
71%
22And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
Exod 19:2
71%
2And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount.
Num 33:10-13
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70%
10And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
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12And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
13And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
Num 9:17
70%
17And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.
Deut 1:2
70%
2It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.
Num 20:22
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22And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor.
Num 33:47-48
2 verses
70%
47And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Deut 1:19
69%
19And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Judg 11:18
69%
18Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
Judg 11:16
68%
16but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
Exod 13:20
68%
20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.