Numbers 33:14

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

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מֵאָל֑וּשׁ

ʼÂlûwsh

H442

“from · Alush”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 33:13

Full BDB Definition

Origin: of uncertain derivation

TWOT: None

Alush = "I will knead (bread)" - a wilderness encampment following the Exodus

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

10: words
10: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מֵאָל֑וּשׁ Alush H442 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מֵאָל֑וּשׁ Alush H442 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Numbers 33:13

Grammatical profile

4 verbs
4 nouns
1 adverb
1 particle

Verb forms

וַיִּסְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
הָ֨יָה Qal · Perfect
לִשְׁתּֽוֹת Qal · Infinitive Construct

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 20 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 17 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 33:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Exodus 17:1–8 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 19:2 When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

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Hebrew Numbers 33:14 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵאָל֑וּשׁ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בִּרְפִידִ֔ם וְלֹא הָ֨יָה שָׁ֥ם מַ֛יִם לָעָ֖ם לִשְׁתּֽוֹת

They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 33:14 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποαἴρω ἐκ αιλους καί παρα ἐνβάλλω ἐν ραφιδιν καί οὐ εἰμί ὕδωρ ὁ λαός πίνω ἐκεῖ

And they departed from Aelus, and encamped in Raphidin; and there was no water there for the people to drink.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּנְטָלוּ מֵאָלוּשׁ וּשְׁרוֹ בִּרְפִידִם וְלָא הֲוָה תַמָן מַיָא לְעַמָא לְמִשְׁתֵּי

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּנְטָלוּ מֵאֲתַר תַּקִיף וּשְׁרוֹ בִּרְפִידִים וּמְטוֹל דְרָפִין יְדֵיהוֹן מִפִּתְגָמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא לָא הֲוָה תַמָן מוֹי לְמִשְׁתֵּי לְעַמָא

Rephidim, where, because their hands were (raphin) neglectful of the words of the law, there was no water for the people to drink;

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 33:14 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

33:14 The entry for Rephidim (see study note on 20:13) adds a reminder of Israel’s rebellion there (Exod 17:1-7).

Adam Clarke's Commentary

STAT. X.

Verse 14. REPHIDIM.] Remarkable for the rebellion of the Israelites against Moses, because of the want of water, Ex 17:1-3.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. Eight miles from Rephidim; and from a mount of this name here were given the decalogue, with all other statutes and ordinances, judicial and ceremonial, and orders and directions for building the tabernacle, and making all the vessels appertaining to it, and which were all made during their stay here.

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. Eight miles from Rephidim; and from a mount of this name here were given the decalogue, with all other statutes and ordinances, judicial and ceremonial, and orders and directions for building the tabernacle, and making all the vessels appertaining to it, and which were all made during their stay here.

Numbers 33:16

num 33:16

num 33:16

num 33:16And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. Eight miles from the desert of Sinai; here the people lusted after flesh, and murmured, which, though given them, a pestilence came and destroyed many of them, and here they were buried, whence the place was so called, which signifies the "graves of lust", i.e. of those that lusted: no mention is made of Taberah, either because it was the same with Kibroth, or near it; or, as Aben Ezra on Deu 9:22 says, they encamped there but one day, and so is not mentioned in the journeys, though it was one of the three they journeyed from Mount Sinai to Kibrothhattaavah, see Num 11:1.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Raphidim and Sinai. See Exodus xvii., and xix. 1.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Ramban (Nachmanides)

Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban / Nachmanides)

PITCHED IN REPHIDIM, AND THERE WAS NO WATER FOR THE PEOPLE TO DRINK. Scripture [here] does not mention the miracle [that occurred] with the water in Marah, nor the [daily] wonder of manna [which took place] in the wilderness of Sin., Chapter 16. But [it mentioned the giving of water at Rephidim] because this episode at Rephidim was an important event, since they tried G-d [there], and that place was therefore called Massah (Trying) and Meribah (Strife), 17:7. wherein He was sanctified in their presence by bringing forth water for them out of the rock, Verse 6. and it was there that they were attacked by the Amalekites., Verse 8. Therefore He [only] described it here in brief, [saying], and there was no water for the people to drink, since it was the place which was recognized and known by this [fact].

Ramban (Nachmanides) on the Tanakh — English translation: “Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 10 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼÂlûwsh (“Alush”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʼÂlûwsh carries the sense “Alush.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Numbers 33:13, which shares the word «Alush», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
«וַיִּסְע֖וּ» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 10 Hebrew ↔ 17 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 10 words in this verse.