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Numbers 12:15

And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

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וַתִּסָּגֵ֥רvatisagerand shutסָגַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and shut”, the next action in the storyH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.מִרְיָ֛םmiryamMiriamמִרְיָםnoun, proper name — “Miriam”H4813Mirjam, the name of two IsraelitessesMiriam.מִח֥וּץmichutsfrom abroadחוּץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הlamachanehto armyמַחֲנֶהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to army”, the ordinary formH4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.שִׁבְעַ֣תshivatsevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “seven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).יָמִ֑יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וְהָעָם֙vehaamand the peopleעַםconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נָסַ֔עnasacause to blowנָסַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cause to blow”, a completed actionH5265properly, 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.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.הֵאָסֵ֖ףheasefdestroyאָסַףverb, niphal, infinitive construct — “destroy”, the to-form of the verbH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…מִרְיָֽםmiryamMiriamמִרְיָםnoun, proper name — “Miriam”H4813Mirjam, the name of two IsraelitessesMiriam.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered;

World English Bible

Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.

Darby Translation

And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in [again].

Douay-Rheims

Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφωρίσθη Μαριὰμ ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας· καὶ ὁ λαὸς οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἕως ἐκαθαρίσθη Μαριάμ.