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Exodus 16:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.


Exodus 16:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:123 words
וַיִּסְעוּwayisəʿûAnd pull
מֵאֵילִםmēʾêlimFrom Elim
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
כָּלkālWhole
עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶלʾelNear
מִדְבַּרmidəbarPasture
סִיןsînSin
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בֵּיןbênBetween
אֵילִםʾêlimElim
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
סִינָיsînāySinai
בַּחֲמִשָּׁהbaḥămišāhIn five
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
יוֹםywōmDay
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
לְצֵאתָםləṣēʾtāmTo go
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסְעוּwayisəʿûAnd pull
מֵאֵילִםmēʾêlimFrom Elim
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
כָּלkālWhole
עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶלʾelNear
מִדְבַּרmidəbarPasture
סִיןsînSin
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בֵּיןbênBetween
אֵילִםʾêlimElim
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
סִינָיsînāySinai
בַּחֲמִשָּׁהbaḥămišāhIn five
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
יוֹםywōmDay
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
לְצֵאתָםləṣēʾtāmTo go
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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