King James Version

Exodus 12:37

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

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וַיִּסְע֧וּvayisvand cause to blowנָסַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cause to blow”, the next action in the storyH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.בְנֵֽיvenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖סmeramesesfrom Raamsesרַעְמְסֵסpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Raamses”H7486Rameses or Raamses, a place in EgyptRaamses, Rameses.סֻכֹּ֑תָהsukotahSuccothסֻכּוֹתnoun, proper name, directional ending — “Succoth”H5523Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in PalestineSuccoth.כְּשֵׁשׁkesheshas sixשֵׁשׁpreposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “as six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵא֨וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.אֶ֧לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.רַגְלִ֛יraglifootרַגְלִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “foot”, the ordinary formH7273a footman (soldier)(on) foot(-man).הַגְּבָרִ֖יםhagvarimthe manגֶּבֶרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the man”, the ordinary formH1397properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simplyevery one, man, [idiom] mighty.לְבַ֥דlevadto apartבַּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to apart”, the ordinary formH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.מִטָּֽףmitaffrom childrenטַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from children”, the ordinary formH2945a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)(little) children (ones), families.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants;

World English Bible

The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, in addition to children.

Darby Translation

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, besides children.

Douay-Rheims

And the children of Israel set forward from Ramesse to Socoth, being about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the children of Israel departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to the full number of six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπάραντες δὲ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ Ῥαμεσσῆ εἰς Σοκχὼθ εἰς ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας πεζῶν, οἱ ἄνδρες, πλὴν τῆς ἀποσκευῆς.