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Numbers 33:6

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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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.מִסֻּכֹּ֑תmisukotfrom Succothסֻכּוֹתpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Succoth”H5523Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in PalestineSuccoth.וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvayachanvand 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.בְאֵתָ֔םveetamin Ethamאֵתָםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Etham”H864Etham, a place in the DesertEtham.אֲשֶׁ֖רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בִּקְצֵ֥הbiqtsehin borderקָצֶהpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7097an extremity[idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).הַמִּדְבָּֽרhamidbarthe desertמִדְבָּרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which [is] in the extremity of the wilderness;

World English Bible

They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

Darby Translation

And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.

Douay-Rheims

And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the uttermost borders of the wilderness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they departed from Socchoth and encamped in Buthan, which is a part of the wilderness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπάραντες ἐκ Σοκχὼθ, παρενέβαλον εἰς Βουθὰν, ὅ ἐστι μέρος τι τῆς ἐρήμου·