Exodus 15:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּסַּ֨ע מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִיַּם־ס֔וּף וַיֵּצְא֖וּ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁ֑וּר וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְלֹא־מָ֥צְאוּ מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wayyassaʿ Mōšeh ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl miyyam-sūp̄ wayyēṣəʾū ʾel-miḏbar-šūr wayyēləḵū šəlōšet-yāmîm bammiḏbār wəlōʾ-māṣəʾū māyim

Grammar Details

*wayyassaʿ*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he caused to journey
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*miyyam*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from sea of
*sūp̄*: proper noun - Reed/Red Sea
*wayyēṣəʾū*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*miḏbar*: noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness of
*šūr*: proper noun - Shur
*wayyēləḵū*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they walked
*šəlōšet*: noun, feminine singular construct - three of
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
*bammiḏbār*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*māṣəʾū*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they found
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water

Word Meanings

*wayyassaʿ*: caused to journey/moved/led
*miḏbar*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*šəlōšet-yāmîm*: three days/three-day period

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Referenced Verses

Gen 16:7 : 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 25:18 : 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
1 Sam 15:7 : 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Exod 3:18 : 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 15:23-24
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80%
23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Num 33:8
79%
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 17:1-3
3 verses
79%
1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Judg 11:16
77%
16But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Num 33:14-15
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77%
14And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
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Exod 14:21-22
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21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
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Exod 13:18
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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.
2 Kgs 3:9
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Exod 16:1-2
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74%
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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Num 21:16
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Exod 15:19
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Acts 7:36
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Deut 1:40
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40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Num 20:2
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Deut 2:1
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Num 33:10-11
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10And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
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Deut 1:1-2
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Exod 14:29-30
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29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
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Exod 19:1
72%
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Ps 106:9
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Deut 8:15
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Num 12:15
72%
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Exod 14:1-3
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72%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Exod 14:11
72%
11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Num 21:4-5
2 verses
72%
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Num 33:1
72%
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Exod 14:16
71%
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Num 20:5
71%
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Jer 2:6
71%
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Josh 24:6
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Exod 7:24
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Exod 3:18
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