King James Version

Numbers 33:11

And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

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וַיִּסְע֖וּvayisvand 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.מִיַּםmiyamfrom seaיָםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from sea”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).ס֑וּףsufflagסוּףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “flag”, the ordinary formH5488a reed, especially the papyrusflag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489 (סוּף).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.בְּמִדְבַּרbemidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in desert”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.סִֽיןsinSinסִיןnoun, proper name — “Sin”H5512Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoiningSin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they journey from the Red Sea, and encamp in the wilderness of Sin;

World English Bible

They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Darby Translation

And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Douay-Rheims

They camped in the desert of Sin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇραν ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἐρυθρᾶς, καὶ παρενέβαλον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Σίν.