Numbers 33:46

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

They traveled from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.

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Highlights

1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן

ʻAlmôn Diblâthâyᵉmâh

H5963

“in/at · Almon-diblathaim”

Preposition + Noun, Proper

Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears here

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same as H5960 and the dual of H1690 [compare H1015 ] with enclitic of direction

TWOT: None

Almon-diblathaim = "concealing the two cakes" - a station of the Israelites in the wilderness of Moab

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
5: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן Almon-diblathaim H5963 — 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:

בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן Almon-diblathaim H5963

Shared distinctive vocabulary

בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן Almon-diblathaim H5963 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Numbers 33:47

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns

Verb forms

וַיִּסְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Repetition

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

בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן Almon-diblathaim H5963 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 9 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 33:46 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 32:34 The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Isaiah 15:2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab wails over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
Jeremiah 48:18 You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
Jeremiah 48:22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim,
Ezekiel 6:14 I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 33:46 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִדִּיבֹ֣ן גָּ֑ד וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן דִּבְלָתָֽיְמָה

They traveled from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.

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Greek LXX Numbers 33:46 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀποαἴρω ἐκ δαιβων γαδ καί παρα ἐνβάλλω ἐν γελμων δεβλαθαιμ

And they departed from Daebon Gad, and encamped in Gelmon Deblathaim.

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 מִדִיבוֹן גָד וּשְׁרוֹ בְּעַלְמוֹן דִבְלָתָיְמָה

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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 מִדִיבוֹן בֵּית מַזְלָא וּשְׁרוֹ בְּעַלְמוֹן דִבְלָתָיְמָה אוּף תַּמָן אִתְכַּסְיַית מִנְהוֹן בֵּירָא עַל דִשְׁבָקוּ פִתְגָמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא דְבַסִימִין כְּדִבְלָתָא

thence to Almon Diblathaimah, where the well was hidden from them, because they had forsaken the words of the law, which are as delicious as figs (diblatha);

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 33:46 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. XXXIX.

Verse 46. ALMON-DIBLATHAIM.] Situation not known. It belonged to the Moabites in the time of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer 48:22.

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

John Gill's Exposition

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein,.... Turn them out of their cities, towns, and houses, and inhabit them:

for I have given you the land to possess it; who had a right to dispose of it, and a better title they needed not desire than the Lord could and did make them.

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

The Pulpit Commentary

Almon-diblathaim. Probably the same as the Beth-diblathaim mentioned in Jer_48:22 as a Moabitish town contignous to Dibon, Nebo, and Kiriathaim. The name, which signifies "hiding-place of the two circles" or "cakes," was doubtless due either to some local legend, or more probably to the fanciful interpretation of some peculiar feature in the landscape.

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 (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻAlmôn Diblâthâyᵉmâh (“Almon-diblathaim”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Almon-diblathaim” (ʻAlmôn Diblâthâyᵉmâh) shape what this verse is saying?
The word “Almon-diblathaim” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
Numbers 33:47 shares the word «Almon-diblathaim» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“Almon-diblathaim” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
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

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 6 Hebrew ↔ 11 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 13 words in this verse.
“Almon-diblathaim” occurs 2× in this single verse.
5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.