Masei — 42 Cities of Wilderness Journey

Masei – Journeys

Numbers 33:1 – 36:13

Rameses, רעמסס, 7486, (city they started in, see Exodus 1:11) — 1st month, 15th day after Pesach offering, they left this city. “Son of the Sun”. Alternate spelling — Raamses;

1. Succoth, סכות, 5523 “Booths”.
2. Etham, 864, אתם, Egyptian place in desert, “Boundary of the sea; Edge of wilderness”;
3. Pihahiroth, 6367, פ’ההרת from 6310 root – 2356 “mouth of gorges”.
4. Migdol, 4024, מגדול, “tower”.
5. Marah, 4785, מרה, from 4751 “bitter”.
6. Elim, 362, אלם, “Palm trees”
7. Sea of Reeds, 5488, 3220, סוף ים, “Red Sea”
8. Wilderness of Sin, 4057, מדבּר, “Wilderness”
9. Dophkah, 1850, דפקה, “knock”
10. Alush, 442, אלושׁ, “A crowd of men; I will knead (bread)”
11. Rephidim, 7508, רפידים, “balusters”
12. Wilderness of Sinai, 4057, 5514, מדבּר סיני, “Wilderness” “My bushes*” * – uncertain derivative;
13. Kibroth-hattaavah, 6914, 8378, קברות התּאוה, “Graves of longing”
14. Hazeroth, 2698, חצרות, “Yards, (as enclosed by a fence); surrounds”
15. Rithmah, 7575, רתמה, “Juniper tree, to yoke up, to bind”
16. Rimmon Perez, 7428, 6556, רמן פרצ, “Pomegranate of breach”
17. Libnah, 3841, לבנה, “to be (become) white, make bricks”
18. Rissah, 7446, רסה, “a ruin”
19. Kehelathah, 6954, קהלתה, “convocation”
20. Mt. Shepher, 2022, 8234, הר שׁפר, “Mountain, Beauty/Glisten”
21. Haradah, 2732, חרדה, “fear, anxiety”
22. Makheloth, 4721, מקהלה, “an assembly, congregation”
23. Tahath, 8480, תהת, “the bottom (as depressed) below, underneath”
24. Terah (Tarah), 8646, תרה, Father of Abraham
25. Mithkah, 4989, מתקה, “sweetness”
26. Hashmonah, 2832, חשׁמנה, “fertile”
27. Moseroth, 4149, מוסרה, “correction or corrections”
28. Bene-jaakan, 1142, בּני יעקן, “Sons of Yaakan”
29. Hor-haggidad, 2735, הר הגדגד, “hole of the cleft”
30. Jotbathah, 3193, יטבּתה, “pleasantness”
31. Abronah (Ebronah), 5684, עבּרנה, “transitional, to cross over”
32. Ezion-geber, 6100, 1397, עציון גבר, “back bone-like a man”
33. Wilderness of Zin, Kadesh, 4057, 6790, 6946, מדבּר צן, קדשׁ, “Wilderness”, “prick, crag”, “to be (make, pronounce or observe as) clean”
34. Mt. Hor, 2022, 2023, הר הר, literally, mountain mountain. (I would guess this mean the mountain of all mountains)
35. Zalmonah, 6758, צלמנה, “shadiness”
36. Punon, 6325, פונן, “perplexity”
37. Oboth, 88, אבת, “water skins”
38. Ruins of passes border of Moab, 4124, מואב, “from father”
39. Dibon-gad, 1769, 1410, דיבון גד, “Pining, troops (assemble, gather troops or selves)”
40. Almon-diblathaimah, 5963, עלמן דבלתימה, “hidden, press together”
41. mountain passes before Nebo, 5015, נבו, of foreign origin
42. plains of Moab, by the Jordan at Jericho, 3383, 3405, ירדן יריחו, “descender”; “it’s month”