Exodus 16:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass that in the evening the quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַתַּ֣עַל הַשְּׂלָ֔ו וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָֽיְתָה֙ שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטַּ֔ל סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

Transliteration

wə-yəhî in-the-'ereb wə-ta'al ha-śəlāw wə-təkas ʾet-ha-maḥăneh and-in-the-bōqer hāytâ šikbat ha-ṭal around to-the-maḥăneh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it was
• *wə-ta'al*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and came up
• *ha-śəlāw*: feminine singular with definite article - the quail
• *wə-təkas*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and covered
• *ha-maḥăneh*: masculine singular with definite article - the camp
• *hāytâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - was
• *šikbat*: construct state feminine singular - layer of
• *ha-ṭal*: masculine singular with definite article - the dew

Word Meanings

• *wə-yəhî*: and it was/happened/came to pass
• *ha-śəlāw*: the quail(s)
• *wə-təkas*: and covered/concealed
• *maḥăneh*: camp/encampment
• *šikbat*: layer/covering/deposit
• *ṭal*: dew/mist

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  That evening, quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning, there was a layer of dew around the camp.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And at eue the quayles came ad couered the groude where they laye. And in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the hoste.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And at euen the quayles came vp, and couered the tentes: and in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the tentes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And so at euen the quailes came and couered the campe: and in the morning the dewe lay round about the hoste.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And at euen the quailes came vp and couered the tentes, and in the mornyng the deawe lay rounde about them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass in the evening, that the quail cometh up, and covereth the camp, and in the morning there hath been the lying of dew round about the camp,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp.

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:9 : 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
• Ps 78:27-28 : 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations.
• Ps 105:40 : 40 The people asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
• Num 11:31-33 : 31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves all around the camp. 33 And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.