Word Study · Strong's H864 · Hebrew
אֵתָם
Etham
ay-thawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÊthâm
“Etham, a place in the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Etham, a place in the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Etham.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בְאֵתָ֔ם2
- אֵתָ֔ם1
- מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם1
How it is rendered · 3
- at Etham2
- Etham1
- from Etham1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 3
- HNpl · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Exodus1 occurrence
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 33:6בְאֵתָ֔םveetampreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.here: at Etham
- Numbers 33:7מֵֽאֵתָ֔םmeetampreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.here: from Etham
- Numbers 33:8אֵתָ֔םʾetamproper noun (a name)They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.here: Etham