Deuteronomy 2:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י אֶל־תָּ֙צַר֙ אֶת־מוֹאָ֔ב וְאַל־תִּתְגָּ֥ר בָּ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֨ן לְךָ֤ מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙ יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה כִּ֣י לִבְנֵי־ל֔וֹט נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־עָ֖ר יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer YHWH to me ʾal-tāṣar ʾet-môʾāb and ʾal-titgār in them milḥāmāh kî not-ʾettēn to you from ʾarṣô yerušāh kî to binê-lôṭ nātattî ʾet-ʿār yerušāh

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾal-tāṣar*: negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - do not harass
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*ʾal-titgār*: negative particle + hithpael imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - do not contend
*milḥāmāh*: noun feminine singular - battle/war
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾettēn*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will give
*ʾarṣô*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his land
*yerušāh*: noun feminine singular - possession
*binê-lôṭ*: noun masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of Lot
*nātattî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have given
*ʿār*: proper noun - Ar

Word Meanings

*wayyōʾmer*: said/spoke/stated
*tāṣar*: harass/oppress/distress
*titgār*: contend with/provoke/engage in conflict
*milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting
*ʾettēn*: will give/grant/allow
*ʾarṣô*: his land/territory/country
*yerušāh*: possession/inheritance/property
*nātattî*: have given/granted/bestowed

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:36-37 : 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Num 21:15 : 15 And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
Num 21:28 : 28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
Num 22:4 : 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
Deut 2:5 : 5 contend 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 2:18-19 : 18 Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab: 19 and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deut 2:29 : 29 as 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.
Judg 11:17 : 17 then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
2 Chr 20:10 : 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
Ps 83:8 : 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

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Deut 2:17-19
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17that Jehovah spake unto me, saying,
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19and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
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Deut 2:29
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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 2:8
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9therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
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2 Chr 20:10
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10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
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Deut 2:24
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Deut 4:21
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