Category Archives: 4. במדבר

מִשָּׁ֖ם נָסָ֑עוּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּנַ֥חַל זָֽרֶד׃ From there they journeyed and camped at the Wadi Zared.   Morphology מִשָּׁ֖ם (misham) – Root: שם (sham); Form: Preposition with adverb; Translation: “From there”; Notes: Refers to their departure from the previous location. נָסָ֑עוּ … Continue reading →

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵאֹבֹ֑ת וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ בְּעִיֵּ֣י הָֽעֲבָרִ֗ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מֹואָ֔ב מִמִּזְרַ֖ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ And they journeyed from Ovot and camped at Iye-haʿAvrim in the wilderness, which is opposite Mo’av, toward the sunrise.   Morphology וַיִּסְע֖וּ (vayyis’u) – Root: נסע (nasa); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

וַיִּסְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּאֹבֹֽת׃ And the children of Yisra’el journeyed and camped at Ovot.   Morphology וַיִּסְע֖וּ (vayyis’u) – Root: נסע (nasa); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And they journeyed”; Notes: Refers to the … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מֹשֶׁה֙ נְחַ֣שׁ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַנֵּ֑ס וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ אֶת־אִ֔ישׁ וְהִבִּ֛יט אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת וָחָֽי׃ And Moshe made a bronze serpent and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass that if a serpent bit any man, when he … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ שָׂרָ֔ף וְשִׂ֥ים אֹתֹ֖ו עַל־נֵ֑ס וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ וְרָאָ֥ה אֹתֹ֖ו וָחָֽי׃ And YHWH said to Moshe, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole, and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, … Continue reading →

וַיָּבֹא֩ הָעָ֨ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ חָטָ֗אנוּ כִּֽי־דִבַּ֤רְנוּ בַֽיהוָה֙ וָבָ֔ךְ הִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵ֥ר מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ אֶת־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד הָעָֽם׃ And the people came to Moshe and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against YHWH and against you. Pray to YHWH … Continue reading →

וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח יְהוָ֜ה בָּעָ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וַיָּ֥מָת עַם־רָ֖ב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And YHWH sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many people of Yisra’el died.   Morphology וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (vayyishlaḥ) – Root: שלח (shalach); Form: Piel … Continue reading →

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר הָעָ֗ם בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ וּבְמֹשֶׁה֒ לָמָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֨נוּ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לָמ֖וּת בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לֶ֨חֶם֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ קָ֔צָה בַּלֶּ֖חֶם הַקְּלֹקֵֽל׃ And the people spoke against God and against Moshe, “Why have you brought us up out of Mitsrayim to die in the … Continue reading →

וַיִּסְע֞וּ מֵהֹ֤ר הָהָר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יַם־ס֔וּף לִסְבֹ֖ב אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ אֱדֹ֑ום וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נֶֽפֶשׁ־הָעָ֖ם בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Sea of Suf to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people became impatient … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע יְהוָ֜ה בְּקֹ֣ול יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם אֶתְהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־עָרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֥א שֵׁם־הַמָּקֹ֖ום חָרְמָֽה׃ פ And YHWH heard the voice of Yisraʾel and delivered up the Kenaʿani, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was … Continue reading →