Numbers 21:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵאֹבֹ֑ת וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ בְּעִיֵּ֣י הָֽעֲבָרִ֗ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב מִמִּזְרַ֖ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

And wə-yis'û from-'ōḇōṯ and wə-yaḥănû in-'iyyê the-'ăḇārîm in-the-miḏbār which 'ăšer upon-pənê mô'āḇ from-mizraḥ the-šāmeš.

Grammar Details

*wə-yis'û*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they journeyed
*'ōḇōṯ*: proper noun - Oboth
*wə-yaḥănû*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they camped
*'iyyê*: noun masculine plural construct - ruins of
*'ăḇārîm*: definite proper noun - the Abarim
*miḏbār*: definite noun, masculine singular - the wilderness
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab
*mizraḥ*: noun masculine singular construct - east of
*šāmeš*: definite noun, feminine singular - the sun

Word Meanings

*'iyyê hā'ăḇārîm*: Iye-Abarim/ruins of Abarim
*'al-pənê*: before/in front of/facing
*mizraḥ ha-šāmeš*: east/sunrise (literally 'from the rising of the sun')

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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