King James Version

Numbers 33:23

And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

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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.מִקְּהֵלָ֑תָהmiqhelatahfrom Kehelathahקְהֵלָתָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Kehelathah”H6954Kehelathah, a place in the DesertKehelathah.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.בְּהַרbeharin hillהַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.שָֽׁפֶרshaferShapperשֶׁפֶרnoun, proper name — “Shapper”H8234Shepher, a place in the DesertShapper.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from Kehelah, and pitched in mount Shepher.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shepher.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they journey from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher;

World English Bible

They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher.

Darby Translation

And they removed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shapher.

Douay-Rheims

And they removed from thence and camped in the mountain Sepher.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from Kehelah, and pitched in mount Shepher.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they departed from Makellath, and encamped in Saphar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐκ Μακελλὰθ, καὶ παρενέβαλον εἰς Σαφάρ.