Numbers 21:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִשָּׁם֮ נָסָעוּ֒ וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ מֵעֵ֤בֶר אַרְנוֹן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר הַיֹּצֵ֖א מִגְּב֣וּל הָֽאֱמֹרִ֑י כִּ֤י אַרְנוֹן֙ גְּב֣וּל מוֹאָ֔ב בֵּ֥ין מוֹאָ֖ב וּבֵ֥ין הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃

Transliteration

From-šām nāsā'û and wə-yaḥănû from-'ēḇer 'arnôn which 'ăšer in-the-miḏbār the-yōṣē' from-gəḇûl the-'ĕmōrî for kî 'arnôn gəḇûl mô'āḇ between mô'āḇ and-between the-'ĕmōrî.

Grammar Details

*šām*: adverb - there
*nāsā'û*: qal perfect 3rd masculine plural - they journeyed
*wə-yaḥănû*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they camped
*'ēḇer*: noun masculine singular construct - beyond/other side of
*'arnôn*: proper noun - Arnon
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*miḏbār*: definite noun, masculine singular - the wilderness
*yōṣē'*: definite qal active participle masculine singular - the one coming out
*gəḇûl*: noun masculine singular construct - border of
*'ĕmōrî*: definite proper noun - the Amorite
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab

Word Meanings

*'ēḇer*: beyond/across/other side
*gəḇûl*: border/territory/boundary
*yōṣē'*: coming out/flowing from/extending from

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Referenced Verses

Num 22:36 : 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
Judg 11:18 : 18 Then 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.
Isa 16:2 : 2 For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Jer 48:20 : 20 Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Deut 2:24 : 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Num 21:14 : 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,

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