Numbers 33:17

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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בַּחֲצֵרֹֽת

Chătsêrôwth

H2698

“in/at · Hazeroth”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 6× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 11:35

Full BDB Definition

Origin: fem. pl. of H2691

TWOT: None

Hazeroth = "settlement" - an Israelite camp in the wilderness

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 →

5: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is בַּחֲצֵרֹֽת Hazeroth H2698 — appearing just 6 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

בַּחֲצֵרֹֽת Hazeroth H2698 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
3 nouns

Verb forms

וַיִּסְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

מִקִּבְרֹ֣ת Kibroth-hattaavah H6914 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 8 words from the Hebrew and 12 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →

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.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 33:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 11:35 From Kibrothhattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.

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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.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 12 words vs World English Bible 8. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 33:17 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִקִּבְרֹ֣ת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בַּחֲצֵרֹֽת

They traveled from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 33:17 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποαἴρω ἐκ μνῆμα ἐπιθυμία καί παρα ἐνβάλλω ἐν ασηρωθ

And they departed from the Graves of Lust, and encamped in Aseroth.

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)

וּנְטָּלוּ מִקִבְרֵי דִמְשַׁאֲלֵי וּשְׁרוֹ בַּחֲצֵרוֹת

(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 מִקִבְרֵי דִמְשַׁיְילֵי בִּישְרָא וּשְׁרוֹ בַּחֲצֵרוֹת אַתְרָא דְאִסְתַּגְרַת מִרְיָם נְבִיאֲתָא

thence to Hazeroth, where Miriam the prophetess was struck, with leprosy;

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 33:17 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary

STAT. XIII.

Verse 17. HAZEROTH.] This place Dr. Shaw computes to have been about thirty miles distant from Mount Sinai.

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 removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. In the Targum Jonathan called Gudgod, as it is Gudgodah in Deu 10:7, where the remove to this place is said to be from Mosera; it was twenty miles from Benejaaken; from thence they went to Jotbathah, twenty four miles from Horhagidgad; and from thence to Ebronah, twenty miles more; and so to Eziongeber, of which see Kg1 9:26 which was twenty eight miles from Ebrorah; and their next remove was to the wilderness of Zin, which was Kadesh, forty eight miles from Eziongeber; and from Kadesh they went to Mount Hor, forty eight miles more: which was

in the edge of the land of Edom; as Kadesh also was; see Num 20:16.

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

Haseroth, near Cades-barne, the same as Aserim, ("the unwalled towns" of the Heveans, extending as far as Gaza,) or Asor, called afterwards Esron, on the south of Chanaan, Josue xi. 10. Moses does not specify here the memorable encampment at Cades-barne, where the Israelites arrived, after 11 days’ march from Horeb, Deuteronomy i. 2, 19. It was not far from Asor, on the frontiers of Idumea, (Calmet) in the desert of Pharan, chap. xiii. 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).

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

17. Hazeroth — Enclosure. The meaning of Hazeroth “is one of the strongest arguments for identifying it with Hudhera. It lies on the most natural route from Sinai to the great valley of the ‘Arabah. It is evident, also, that tradition has long regarded this site as Hazeroth, from the indications that it was once occupied by a colony of monks.” — Dr. Ridgaway. See Num_11:35, note.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Kibroth-hattaavah...Hazeroth. See on Num_11:34, Num_11:35.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 5 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Chătsêrôwth (“Hazeroth”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Chătsêrôwth carries the sense “Hazeroth.” How does it shape the verse?
Numbers 11:35 shares the word «Hazeroth» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“Kibroth-hattaavah” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs longer here. What questions does that raise?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «וַיִּסְע֖וּ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Adam Clarke's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
“Kibroth-hattaavah” occurs 2× in this single verse.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 5 words in this verse.