Numbers 33:30

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.

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1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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מֵֽחַשְׁמֹנָ֑ה

Chashmônâh

H2832

“from · Hashmonah”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 33:29

Full BDB Definition

Origin: fem. of H2831

TWOT: None

Hashmonah = "fatness" - a station of Israel 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 →

4: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מֵֽחַשְׁמֹנָ֑ה Hashmonah H2832 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

בְּמֹסֵרֽוֹת Mosera H4149

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מֵֽחַשְׁמֹנָ֑ה Hashmonah H2832 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Numbers 33:29

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
2 nouns

Verb forms

וַיִּסְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 8 words from the Hebrew and 9 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.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 33:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Deuteronomy 10:5–6 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 33:30 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵֽחַשְׁמֹנָ֑ה וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּמֹסֵרֽוֹת

They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.

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Greek LXX Numbers 33:30 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποαἴρω ἐκ σελμωνα καί παρα ἐνβάλλω εἰς μασσουρουθ

And they departed from Selmona, and encamped in Masuruth.

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)

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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּנְטָלוּ מֵחַשְׁמוֹנָה וּשְׁרוֹ בְּמוֹסֵרוֹת

(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 מֵחַשְׁמוֹנָה וּשְׁרוֹ בַּאֲתַר מַרְדוּתָא

thence to Meredotha, the place of rebellion (or chastisement);

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 33:30 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

33:30-31 Moseroth was also called “Moserah” (Deut 10:6). This is where Aaron died and was buried (cp. Num 20:22-29; 33:37-39).

Adam Clarke's Commentary

STAT. XXVI.

Verse 30. MOSEROTH.] Situation unknown. In De 10:6 it is said that the Israelites took their journey from Beeroth, the wells of the children of Jaakan, to Mosera, and there Aaron died. If so, Mosera, Moseroth, and Hor, must be different names of the same place; or Moseroth, or Mosera, must have been some town or village near Mount Hor, for there Aaron died. See Nu 33:38.

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 Ijim, and pitched in Dibongad. Sixteen miles from Ijim; the remove from whence is said to be to the valley of Zared, Num 21:12 in which Dibongad was, so called perhaps because rebuilt by Gad afterwards.

in which Dibongad was, so called perhaps because rebuilt by Gad afterwards.

Numbers 33:46

num 33:46

num 33:46

num 33:46And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. Sixteen miles from Dibon, perhaps the same with Diblath, Eze 6:14, according to the account in Num 21:16, &c. they went from hence to Beer, a place where they found a well, which gave it this name; and several other removes are mentioned there, which are not here, and which, perhaps, were small removes, and not properly stations.

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

Hesmona, or Asemona, a city of the tribe of Juda, towards Egypt, chap. xxxiv. 4.

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

30-33. Moseroth is the Hebrew plural of Mosera in Deu_10:6. Hengstenberg thinks it lay in the ‘Arabah where Mount Hor overhangs it. Burckhardt suggests that Wady Mousa, near Petra and this mountain, is a corruption of Moseroth.

Bene-jaakan — Sons of Jaakan. In the Hebrew of Deu_10:6-7, the full name is given — Beeroth Bene-Jaakan, wells of the sons of Jaakan. There are trivial variations of names, such as Hor-hagidgad and Gudgodah, in the two passages. The account in Deuteronomy, which puts Bene-jaakan before Mosera, probably refers to a second visit, in the fortieth year of the wandering, in the reverse order of the two places named.

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

Hashmonah. This is possibly the Heshmon of Jos_15:27, since this was one of the "uttermost cities... toward the coast of Edom, southward." The name, however ("fruitfulness"), was probably common on the edge of the desert. Moseroth. This is simply the plural form of Moserah ("chastisement"), and is no doubt the place so called in Deu_10:6 (see note at end of chapter).

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

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 4 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Chashmônâh (“Hashmonah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Chashmônâh carries the sense “Hashmonah.” How does it shape the verse?
This is the first place “Mosera” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
How does Numbers 33:29, which shares the word «Hashmonah», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
«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

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 4 words in this verse.