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Numbers 33:14

And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

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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.מֵאָל֑וּשׁmealushfrom Alushאָלוּשׁpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Alush”H442Alush, a place in the DesertAlush.וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vayachanvand 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.בִּרְפִידִ֔םbirfidimin Rephidimרְפִידִיםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Rephidim”H7508Rephidim, a place in the DesertRephidim.וְלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and 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…הָ֨יָהhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.שָׁ֥םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.מַ֛יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).לָעָ֖םlaamto peopleעַםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to 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.לִשְׁתּֽוֹתlishtotto banquetשָׁתָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to banquet”, the to-form of the verbH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from Alush, and pitched in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they journey from Alush, and encamp in Rephidim; and there was there no water for the people to drink.

World English Bible

They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Darby Translation

And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Douay-Rheims

And departing from Alus, they pitched their tents in Raphidim, where the people wanted water to drink.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from Alush, and pitched in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they departed from Ælus, and encamped in Raphidin; and there was no water there for the people to drink.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐξ Αἰλούς, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Ῥαφιδίν· καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ ὕδωρ τῷ λαῷ πιεῖν.