The Meaning of Numbers 33:9 Explained

Numbers 33:9

KJV: And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

YLT: And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim are twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there;

Darby: And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there.

ASV: And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they removed  from Marah,  and came  unto Elim:  and in Elim  [were] twelve  fountains  of water,  and threescore and ten  palm trees;  and they pitched  there. 

What does Numbers 33:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 33:1-37 - The Itinerary Of The Wanderings
This record of ineffectual marches is full of pathetic interest and warning. If these halting-places had been in the straight line of march for the Land of Promise there had been little room for regret. But they were not. They recall journeys that need never to have been taken. The tribes crossed and re-crossed the desert, marking time while the bodies of the murmurers fell in the Wilderness and were wrapped about with the desert sands.
Such is the doom of unbelief. To effect nothing, to miss the rest of God, and to perish on the threshold of achievement-such is the experience of the soul described in James 1:6. God has given us in Christ the promise of rest, victory and satisfaction; let us enter upon our inheritance! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 33

1  The forty-two journeys of the Israelites
50  The Canaanites are to be destroyed

What do the individual words in Numbers 33:9 mean?

And they moved from Marah and came to Elim and at Elim [were] two [and] ten springs of water and seventy palm trees so they camped there
וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מִמָּרָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אֵילִ֑מָה וּ֠בְאֵילִם שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֞ה עֵינֹ֥ת מַ֛יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים תְּמָרִ֖ים וַיַּחֲנוּ־ שָֽׁם

וַיִּסְעוּ֙  And  they  moved 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
מִמָּרָ֔ה  from  Marah 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מָרָה  
Sense: the spring with bitter water which was 3 days travel from the crossing place of the Red Sea in the peninsula of Sinai.
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ  and  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֵילִ֑מָה  to  Elim 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: אֵילִם  
Sense: second encampment of the Israelites after the Exodus.
וּ֠בְאֵילִם  and  at  Elim  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵילִם  
Sense: second encampment of the Israelites after the Exodus.
שְׁתֵּ֣ים  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֵ֞ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
עֵינֹ֥ת  springs 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
מַ֛יִם  of  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים  and  seventy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁבְעִים  
Sense: seventy.
תְּמָרִ֖ים  palm  trees 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: תָּמָר  
Sense: palm tree, date palm.
וַיַּחֲנוּ־  so  they  camped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.

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