King James Version

Numbers 33:28

And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

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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.מִתָּ֑רַחmitarachfrom Tarahתֶּרַחpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Tarah”H8646Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the DesertTarah, Terah.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.בְּמִתְקָֽהbemitqahin Mithcahמִתְקָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Mithcah”H4989Mithkah, a place in the DesertMithcah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they journey from Tarah, and encamp in Mithcah.

World English Bible

They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.

Darby Translation

And they removed from Terah, and encamped in Mithcah.

Douay-Rheims

And they departed from thence, and pitched their tents in Methca.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they departed from Tarath, and encamped in Mathecca.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐκ Ταρὰθ, καὶ παρενέβαλον εἰς Μαθεκκά.