Numbers 33:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הַֽחִירֹ֔ת וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ בְתוֹךְ־הַיָּ֖ם הַמִּדְבָּ֑רָה וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ דֶּ֣רֶךְ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר אֵתָ֔ם וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּמָרָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yisʿû from pənê haḥîrōṯ wa-yaʿaḇrû through tôḵ-hayyām toward hammidbārâ wa-yēləḵû dereḵ šəlōšeṯ yāmîm in midbar ʾēṯām wa-yaḥănû in mārâ

Grammar Details

• *wa*-*yisʿû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they journeyed/set out
• *mippənê*: preposition + construct state - from before/from in front of
• *haḥîrōṯ*: definite article + proper noun - Pi-hahiroth
• *wa*-*yaʿaḇrû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they passed through/crossed over
• *ḇəṯôḵ*-*hayyām*: preposition + construct state + definite article + noun - through the midst of the sea
• *hammidbārâ*: definite article + noun + directional heh - toward the wilderness
• *wa*-*yēləḵû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they went/walked
• *dereḵ*: noun, construct state - way of/journey of
• *šəlōšeṯ*: cardinal number, construct state - three
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
• *bəmidbar*: preposition + noun, construct state - in wilderness of
• *ʾēṯām*: proper noun - Etham
• *wa*-*yaḥănû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they camped/encamped
• *bəmārâ*: preposition + proper noun - in Marah

Word Meanings

• *yisʿû*: journeyed/traveled/set out/departed
• *yaʿaḇrû*: passed through/crossed over/went through
• *tôḵ*: midst/middle/inside
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
• *yēləḵû*: went/walked/traveled
• *yaḥănû*: camped/encamped/pitched camp

Referenced Verses

• Exod 14:21-31 : 21 And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved, 22 and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters `are' to them a wall, on their right and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursue, and go in after them (all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen) unto the midst of the sea, 24 and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians, 25 and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, `Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.' 26 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand toward the sea, and the waters turn back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.' 27 And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea, 28 and the waters turn back, and cover the chariots and the horsemen, even all the force of Pharaoh, who are coming in after them into the sea -- there hath not been left of them even one. 29 And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters `are' to them a wall, on their right and on their left; 30 and Jehovah saveth Israel in that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel seeth the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore, 31 and Israel seeth the great hand with which Jehovah hath wrought against the Egyptians, and the people fear Jehovah, and remain stedfast in Jehovah, and in Moses His servant.
• Exod 15:22-26 : 22 And Moses causeth Israel to journey from the Red Sea, and they go out unto the wilderness of Shur, and they go three days in the wilderness, and have not found water, 23 and they come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they `are' bitter; therefore hath `one' called its name Marah. 24 And the people murmur against Moses, saying, `What do we drink?' 25 and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them, 26 and He saith, `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.