Exodus 19:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In the third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י לְצֵ֥את בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּ֖אוּ מִדְבַּ֥ר סִינָֽי׃

Transliteration

In ḥōdeš the šəlîšî to ṣeʾt bənê-yiśrāʾēl from ʾereṣ miṣrāyim in yôm the zeh bāʾû midbār sînāy.

Grammar Details

• *ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine singular construct - month
• *šəlîšî*: adjective, masculine singular - third
• *ṣeʾt*: infinitive construct of *yāṣāʾ* - to go out/depart
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *zeh*: demonstrative adjective - this
• *bāʾû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd plural - they came
• *midbār*: noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness of
• *sînāy*: proper noun - Sinai

Word Meanings

• *ḥōdeš*: month/new moon
• *ṣeʾt*: going out/departure/exodus
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  In the third month, when the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The thyrde moneth after the childern of Israel were gone out of Egipte: the same daye they came in to the wildernesse of Sinai.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte, they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In the third moneth, after the children of Israel were gone out of the lande of Egypt, the same day came they into the wildernes of Sinai.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the thirde moneth when the chyldren of Israel were gone out of the lande of Egypt, the same day came they into the wyldernesse of Sinai.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In the third month after the children of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in this day they have come into the wilderness of Sinai,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the third month after the children of Israel went out from Egypt, on the same day, they came into the waste land of Sinai.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In the third month after the children of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Israel at Sinai In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the desert of Sinai.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:6 : 6 Keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.
• Exod 16:1 : 1 The Israelites set out from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt.
• Num 33:15 : 15 They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
• Exod 12:2 : 2 This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of the year for you.
• Lev 23:16-18 : 16 Until the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord. 17 Bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour and baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord. 18 Along with the bread, present seven unblemished lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams as burnt offerings to the Lord, along with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.