Exodus 13:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם בִּקְצֵ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Transliteration

And wayyisʿû from Sukkōt and wayyachanû in ʾĒtām in biqtsēh the hammidbār.

Grammar Details

*wayyisʿû*: conjunction + imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - they journeyed/traveled
*Sukkōt*: proper noun - Succoth
*wayyachanû*: conjunction + imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - they camped/encamped
*ʾĒtām*: proper noun - Etham
*biqtsēh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - at the edge of
*hammidbār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the wilderness/desert

Word Meanings

*wayyisʿû*: journeyed/traveled/set out
*wayyachanû*: camped/encamped/pitched their tents
*biqtsēh*: at the edge/at the border/at the extremity
*hammidbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 12:37 : 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Num 33:5-6 : 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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Num 33:5-8
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5And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
6And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
7And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
8And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Exod 13:21
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21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exod 16:1
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1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
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18But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
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Num 33:15-17
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Num 33:10-13
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Num 33:1-2
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Deut 1:40
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Deut 1:33
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