Deuteronomy 1:40

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{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.1.40", "source": "וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּנ֣וּ לָכֶ֑ם וּסְע֥וּ הַמִּדְבָּ֖רָה דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃", "text": "And you *pənū* to yourselves, and *usəʿū* *hammidbbārāh* *derek* *yam*-*sūp*.", "grammar": { "*pənū*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - turn", "*usəʿū*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - journey/travel", "*hammidbbārāh*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article and directional heh - to the wilderness", "*derek*": "noun, feminine singular construct - way of", "*yam*": "noun, masculine singular construct - sea of", "*sūp*": "noun - Reed/reeds" }, "variants": { "*pənū*": "turn/face/turn around", "*usəʿū*": "journey/travel/set out", "*hammidbbārāh*": "to the wilderness/desert/uninhabited land", "*derek*": "way/road/path", "*yam*-*sūp*": "Sea of Reeds/Red Sea" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּנ֣וּ לָכֶ֑ם וּסְע֥וּ הַמִּדְבָּ֖רָה דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃

Transliteration

And you pənū to yourselves, and usəʿū hammidbbārāh derek yam-sūp.

Grammar Details

• *pənū*: qal imperative, masculine plural - turn
• *usəʿū*: qal imperative, masculine plural - journey/travel
• *hammidbbārāh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article and directional heh - to the wilderness
• *derek*: noun, feminine singular construct - way of
• *yam*: noun, masculine singular construct - sea of
• *sūp*: noun - Reed/reeds

Word Meanings

• *pənū*: turn/face/turn around
• *usəʿū*: journey/travel/set out
• *hammidbbārāh*: to the wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
• *derek*: way/road/path
• *yam*-*sūp*: Sea of Reeds/Red Sea

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilrness by the way of the Red sea.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But as for you, turn{H6437} you, and take your journey{H5265} into the wilderness{H4057} by the way{H1870} to the Red{H5488} Sea.{H3220}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But as for you, turn{H6437}{(H8798)} you, and take your journey{H5265}{(H8798)} into the wilderness{H4057} by the way{H1870} of the Red{H5488} sea{H3220}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But as for you, turne backe and take youre iurneye in to the wildernesse: euen the waye to the reed see.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But as for you, turne you, and take youre iourney to the wyldernesse, euen the waye to the reed see.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as for you, turne your face, and take your iourney into the wildernesse, euen by the way of the red sea.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But [as for] you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But as for you, turn back and head for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”

Referenced Verses

• Num 14:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Numbers.14.25", "source": "וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃ פ", "text": "*wə-hāʿămālēqî wə-hakkənaʿănî yôšēb bāʿēmeq māḥār pənû ûsəʿû lākem hammidbār derek yam-sûp*", "grammar": { "*wə-hāʿămālēqî*": "conjunction + definite article + gentilic singular noun - and the Amalekite", "*wə-hakkənaʿănî*": "conjunction + definite article + gentilic singular noun - and the Canaanite", "*yôšēb*": "participle, masculine singular, Qal form of *yšb* - dwelling/sitting", "*bāʿēmeq*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the valley", "*māḥār*": "adverb - tomorrow", "*pənû*": "imperative, masculine plural, Qal form of *pnh* - turn", "*ûsəʿû*": "conjunction + imperative, masculine plural, Qal form of *nsʿ* - and journey/set out", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for yourselves", "*hammidbār*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the wilderness", "*derek*": "masculine singular construct - way of/road to", "*yam-sûp*": "masculine singular construct + proper noun - Sea of Reeds/Red Sea" }, "variants": { "*wə-hāʿămālēqî wə-hakkənaʿănî*": "the Amalekite and the Canaanite (collective singular for people groups)", "*yôšēb*": "is dwelling/sits/resides", "*bāʿēmeq*": "in the valley/in the lowland", "*māḥār*": "tomorrow/in the morning/the next day", "*pənû ûsəʿû*": "turn and journey/turn around and move/change direction and travel", "*derek yam-sûp*": "way of the Red Sea/road to the Sea of Reeds" } }