King James Version

Numbers 21:12

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

מִשָּׁ֖םmishamfrom thereשָׁםpreposition, adverb — “from there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.נָסָ֑עוּnasavcause to blowנָסַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “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.וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvayachanvand encampחָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and encamp”, the next action in the storyH2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.בְּנַ֥חַלbenachalin brookנַחַלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.זָֽרֶדzaredZeredזֶרֶדnoun, proper name — “Zered”H2218Zered, a brook East of the Dead SeaZared, Zered.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

Young’s Literal Translation

From thence they have journeyed, and encamp in the valley of Zared.

World English Bible

From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

Darby Translation

From thence they removed, and encamped at the torrent Zered.

Douay-Rheims

And removing from thence, they came to the torrent Zared:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἀπῇραν, καὶ παρενέβαλον εἰς φάραγγα Ζαρέδ.