Numbers 21:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֹאמְר֥וּ הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים בֹּ֣אוּ חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן תִּבָּנֶ֥ה וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן עִ֥יר סִיחֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

Upon-kēn yō'mərû the-mōšəlîm bō'û ḥešbôn tibbāneh and-təkônēn 'îr sîḥôn.

Grammar Details

*kēn*: adverb - thus/so
*yō'mərû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they say
*mōšəlîm*: definite qal participle masculine plural - the ones reciting proverbs
*bō'û*: qal imperative masculine plural - come
*ḥešbôn*: proper noun - Heshbon
*tibbāneh*: niphal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - let it be built
*təkônēn*: polel imperfect 3rd feminine singular - let it be established
*'îr*: noun feminine singular construct - city of
*sîḥôn*: proper noun - Sihon

Word Meanings

*mōšəlîm*: those who speak in proverbs/poets/ballad-singers
*tibbāneh*: let it be built/may it be built
*təkônēn*: let it be established/may it be prepared

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Referenced Verses

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,
Isa 14:4 : 4 that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Num 21:25-26
2 verses
84%
25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.
Num 21:28-30
3 verses
80%
28For 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.
29Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which [reacheth] unto Medeba.
Josh 13:10
74%
10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Jer 48:45
72%
45They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Num 21:20-21
2 verses
72%
20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.
21And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Josh 13:17
71%
17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
Deut 4:46
71%
46beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.
Isa 15:4
71%
4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.
Deut 2:24
70%
24Rise 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.
Deut 2:26
70%
26And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Judg 11:19-20
2 verses
70%
19And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.
20But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Isa 16:8
70%
8For the fields of Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.
Josh 13:20-21
2 verses
70%
20and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
21and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.
1 Chr 6:81
69%
81and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
Deut 29:7
69%
7And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Deut 1:4
69%
4after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
Josh 12:2
69%
2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [the city that is in] the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
Deut 2:29-32
4 verses
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.
30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.
31And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.
Josh 21:39
68%
39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
Jer 48:34
68%
34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath - shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
Num 21:23
68%
23And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
Deut 2:17
68%
17that Jehovah spake unto me, saying,
Jer 48:2
68%
2The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee.
Ezek 21:20
68%
20Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
Num 32:37
67%
37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
1 Sam 30:28
67%
28and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,
Ps 135:11
67%
11Sihon king of the Amorites, And Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan,
2 Kgs 3:21
67%
21Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
Josh 13:26-27
2 verses
67%
26and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
Judg 11:26
67%
26While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?
Josh 9:10
67%
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Num 21:13-15
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66%
13From 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.
14Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,
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Jer 49:3
66%
3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Prov 21:22
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22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
2 Chr 20:10
66%
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;
Num 23:7
66%
7And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
Jer 25:21
66%
21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;