Exodus 12:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖ס סֻכֹּ֑תָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֧לֶף רַגְלִ֛י הַגְּבָרִ֖ים לְבַ֥ד מִטָּֽף׃

Transliteration

And-wayyisʿû ḇənê-yiśrāʾēl from-mēraʿməsēs sukkōṯāh about-kəšēš-mēʾôṯ ʾeleḕ raḡlî haggəḇārîm ləḇaḏ from-miṭṭāḕ.

Grammar Details

*wayyisʿû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they journeyed/set out
*ḇənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*mēraʿməsēs*: preposition + proper noun - from Rameses
*sukkōṯāh*: proper noun + directional he - to Succoth
*kəšēš*: preposition + numeral - about six
*mēʾôṯ*: numeral feminine plural - hundred
*ʾeleḕ*: noun masculine singular - thousand
*raḡlî*: noun masculine singular - on foot/footmen
*haggəḇārîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the men
*ləḇaḏ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - apart from/besides
*miṭṭāḕ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - from children

Word Meanings

*wayyisʿû*: journeyed/traveled/set out
*mēraʿməsēs*: from Rameses (Egyptian city)
*sukkōṯāh*: to Succoth (place name meaning 'booths')
*raḡlî*: on foot/footmen/infantry
*haggəḇārîm*: the men/the males/the warriors
*ləḇaḏ*: apart from/besides/exclusive of
*miṭṭāḕ*: from children/from little ones/from dependents

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Referenced Verses

Exod 38:26 : 26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Num 1:46 : 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Num 11:21 : 21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Num 33:3 : 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Num 33:5 : 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Gen 47:11 : 11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 46:3 : 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Num 26:51 : 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Num 2:32 : 32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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