Numbers 33:32

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad.

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Highlights

1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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מִבְּנֵ֣י

Bᵉnêy Yaʻăqân

H1142

“from · Bene-jaakan”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 33:31

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the plural of H1121 and H3292

TWOT: None

Bene-jaakan = "sons of twisting" - an Israelite place of encampment in the wilderness (same as H885 )

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 →

6: words
4: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִבְּנֵ֣י Bene-jaakan H1142 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

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

בְּחֹ֥ר Hor-hagidgad H2735

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִבְּנֵ֣י Bene-jaakan H1142 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Numbers 33:31

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns

Verb forms

וַיִּסְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

מִבְּנֵ֣י Bene-jaakan H1142 ×2
בְּחֹ֥ר Hor-hagidgad H2735 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 10 words from the Hebrew and 11 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 6 Hebrew tokens and 11 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 33:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Deuteronomy 10:7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

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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.

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

Hebrew Numbers 33:32 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִבְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקָ֑ן וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּחֹ֥ר הַגִּדְגָּֽד

They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 33:32 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποαἴρω ἐκ βαναια καί παρα ἐνβάλλω εἰς ὁ ὄρος γαδγαδ

And they departed from Banaea, and encamped in the mountain Gadgad.

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 מִבְּנֵי יַעֲקָן וּשְׁרוֹ בְּחוֹר הַגִדְגָד

(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 מִבֵּירֵי עַקְתָא וּשְׁרוֹ בְשַׁקִיפִין וְאַתְרָא מִתְקְרֵי גֻדְגוֹד

Gudgad, at the Rocks,

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 33:32 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.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Adam Clarke's Commentary

STAT. XXVIII.

Verse 32. HOR-HAGIDGAD.] The hole or pit of Gidgad. Unknown. It was a place perhaps remarkable for some vast pit or cavern, from which it took its name.

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 Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim,.... Sixteen miles from Almondiblathaim; these were so called from passages near them over the river Jordan: and this station was pitched

before Nebo; one of those mountains, whither Moses went up and died.

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

Gadgad. These three stations are placed in a different order, Deuteronomy x. 6. But some word has been transposed, as Aaron died on Mount Hor, when the Hebrews encamped at Mosera, or Moseroth, a second time. (Calmet)

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).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Called Gudgodah, as Jotbathah is called Jotbath, Deu 10:7.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Hor-ha-gidgad. The MSS. and Versions are divided between Chor. ("cave") and Her ("summit," or "mountain"). Gid-gad is no doubt the Gudgodah of Deu_10:7.

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 6 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Bᵉnêy Yaʻăqân (“Bene-jaakan”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Bene-jaakan” (Bᵉnêy Yaʻăqân) contribute to the verse as a whole?
This is the first place “Hor-hagidgad” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
How does Numbers 33:31, which shares the word «Bene-jaakan», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “Bene-jaakan” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
«וַיִּסְע֖וּ» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Adam Clarke's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 6 Hebrew ↔ 11 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 12 words in this verse.
“Bene-jaakan” occurs 2× in this single verse.
4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.