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Exodus 17:1

וַ֠יִּסְעוּ
nâçaʻ
and — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
עֲדַ֨ת
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.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
מִמִּדְבַּר
midbâr
from — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
סִ֛ין
Çîyn
Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining
לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם
maççaʻ
to/for — a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
פִּ֣י
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙
chânâh
and — properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege)
בִּרְפִידִ֔ים
Rᵉphîydîym
in/with/by — Rephidim, a place in the Desert
וְאֵ֥ין
ʼayin
and — a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
מַ֖יִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת
shâthâh
to/for — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
הָעָֽם
ʻam
the — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Exodus 17:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then all the congregation of the children of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
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Then all the congregation of the children of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 17:1
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