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Exodus 16:1

וַיִּסְעוּ֙
nâçaʻ
and — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
מֵֽאֵילִ֔ם
ʼÊylim
from — Elim, a place in the Desert
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ
bôwʼ
and — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
עֲדַ֤ת
ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
בְּנֵֽי
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
מִדְבַּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
סִ֔ין
Çîyn
Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
אֵילִ֖ם
ʼÊylim
Elim, a place in the Desert
וּבֵ֣ין
bêyn
and — between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
סִינָ֑י
Çîynay
Sinai, mountain of Arabia
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה
châmêsh
in/with/by — five
עָשָׂ֥ר
ʻâsâr
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
יוֹם֙
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ
chôdesh
to/for — the new moon; by implication, a month
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י
shênîy
the — properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
לְצֵאתָ֖ם
yâtsâʼ
to/for — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
from — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרָֽיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Exodus 16:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they left the land of Egypt.
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They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they left the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:1
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