encamp

Everyday

To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time. tree →

In the lessons

soldiers, knights or travellers stop for the night and pitch their tents

Examples

• 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 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.

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 →

Note

nothing for maths