King James Version

Numbers 33:16

And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.

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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.מִמִּדְבַּ֣רmimidbarfrom desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from 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.סִינָ֑יsinaySinaiסִינַיnoun, proper name — “Sinai”H5514Sinai, mountain of ArabiaSinai.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.בְּקִבְרֹ֥תbeqivrotin Kibroth-hattaavahקִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Kibroth-hattaavah”H6914Kibroth-hat-Taavh, a place in the DesertKibroth-hattaavah.הַֽתַּאֲוָֽהhataavahKibroth-hattaavahקִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהnoun, proper name — “Kibroth-hattaavah”H6914Kibroth-hat-Taavh, a place in the DesertKibroth-hattaavah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in Kibroth-Hattaavah.

World English Bible

They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah.

Darby Translation

And they removed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Douay-Rheims

But departing also from the desert of Sinai, they came to the graves of lust.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they departed from the wilderness of Sina, and encamped at the Graves of Lust.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐκ τῆς ἐρήμου Σινᾶ, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν μνήμασι τῆς ἐπιθυμίας.