Deuteronomy 2:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַב־לָכֶ֕ם סֹ֖ב אֶת־הָהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה פְּנ֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם צָפֹֽנָה׃

Transliteration

Rab-lākem sōb ʾet-the hār the zeh penū to you ṣāpōnāh

Grammar Details

*Rab-lākem*: adjective masculine singular + preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - enough for you
*sōb*: qal infinitive absolute - turn/go around
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hār*: noun masculine singular - mountain
*zeh*: demonstrative adjective masculine singular - this
*penū*: qal imperative masculine plural - turn
*ṣāpōnāh*: noun feminine singular + directional heh - northward

Word Meanings

*Rab-lākem*: enough for you/you have circled long enough
*sōb*: turning/circling/going around
*hār*: mountain/hill country/range
*zeh*: this/that
*penū*: turn/face/look toward
*ṣāpōnāh*: northward/to the north

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:6 : 6 Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:
Deut 2:14 : 14 And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 1:6-7
2 verses
80%
6Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:
7turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deut 2:1-2
2 verses
79%
1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2And Jehovah spake unto me, saying,
Deut 2:4-5
2 verses
77%
4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;
5contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Deut 3:25-27
3 verses
75%
25Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
26But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
27Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deut 1:40
74%
40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
Num 34:7-10
4 verses
72%
7And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;
8from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
9and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
10And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
Deut 2:8
72%
8So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Deut 1:19-21
3 verses
71%
19And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
21Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.
Deut 2:17-18
2 verses
71%
17that Jehovah spake unto me, saying,
18Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Num 34:4
70%
4and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;
Josh 15:3
70%
3and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
Josh 3:4
70%
4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Deut 1:43
70%
43So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
Deut 1:2
69%
2It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.
Josh 22:3-4
2 verses
69%
3ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.
4And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
Deut 32:49
69%
49Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;
Deut 5:30
69%
30Go say to them, Return ye to your tents.
Num 27:12
69%
12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Deut 2:29
69%
29as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.
Deut 3:29
69%
29So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
Deut 5:32
69%
32Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deut 10:11
68%
11And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Josh 22:18
68%
18that ye must turn away this day from following Jehovah? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Num 32:15
68%
15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.
2 Chr 30:8
68%
8Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Num 20:21
68%
21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
Deut 1:33
68%
33who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
Exod 14:2
68%
2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Deut 2:27
68%
27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.
Josh 12:3
68%
3and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
Num 14:41
68%
41And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
Judg 11:18
68%
18Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
Deut 1:37
68%
37Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:
Josh 1:4
68%
4From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
Deut 3:17
68%
17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
Num 33:51
68%
51Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deut 9:23
68%
23And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.