Numbers 21:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת הַגַּיְא֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב רֹ֖אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃

Transliteration

And-from-bāmôṯ the-gay' which 'ăšer in-śəḏēh mô'āḇ rō'š the-pisgâ and-nišqāp̄â upon-pənê the-yəšîmōn.

Grammar Details

*bāmôṯ*: proper noun - Bamoth
*gay'*: definite noun masculine singular - the valley
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*śəḏēh*: noun masculine singular construct - field of
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab
*rō'š*: noun masculine singular construct - top of
*pisgâ*: definite proper noun - the Pisgah
*nišqāp̄â*: niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it looks down
*pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
*yəšîmōn*: definite noun masculine singular - the desert/wasteland

Word Meanings

*rō'š ha-pisgâ*: top of Pisgah/Pisgah heights
*nišqāp̄â*: looks down/overlooks/gazes
*yəšîmōn*: desert/wasteland/Jeshimon

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Referenced Verses

Num 23:28 : 28 And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Num 26:63 : 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Num 33:49-50 : 49 And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 50 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Deut 1:5 : 5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deut 3:27 : 27 Get 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 4:49 : 49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
Deut 34:1 : 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Num 22:1 : 1 And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
Num 23:14 : 14 And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 21:19
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Deut 34:1-2
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79%
1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
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Deut 4:48-49
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Josh 12:3
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Deut 3:27
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Deut 3:17
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Deut 4:46
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Deut 3:29
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Num 21:13
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71%
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Num 26:3
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Num 27:12
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Deut 1:1
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