encamp
part of speech
verb (encamps, encamped, encamping)
meaning for a pupil
To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for Israel's stops in the wilderness and for the patriarchs' stays. Each stop was at God's command. Interpretation: Tradition counts forty-two stops in the wilderness, and the commentators read them as stages in the soul's journey. Rashi notes that Israel camped and journeyed at God's word. In the primary lessons: soldiers, knights or travellers stop for the night and pitch their tents
examples
- And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (Torah GEN.26.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. (Torah EXO.13.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters. (Torah EXO.15.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! (Prophets ISA.29.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they encamped one over against the other seven days. (Prophets 1KI.20.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. (Writings NEH.11.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- The soldiers encamped by the river. tree →
- We encamped under the stars. tree →
- The knights encamped where they stood. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
- And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
- Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
- Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead.
Trees and pragmatics
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