Numbers 21:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן לֶהָבָ֖ה מִקִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן אָֽכְלָה֙ עָ֣ר מוֹאָ֔ב בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמ֥וֹת אַרְנֹֽן׃

Transliteration

For-'ēš yāṣə'â from-ḥešbôn lehāḇâ from-qiryaṯ sîḥōn 'āḵəlâ 'ār mô'āḇ ba'ălê bāmôṯ 'arnōn.

Grammar Details

*'ēš*: noun feminine singular - fire
*yāṣə'â*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it went out
*ḥešbôn*: proper noun - Heshbon
*lehāḇâ*: noun feminine singular - flame
*qiryaṯ*: noun feminine singular construct - city of
*sîḥōn*: proper noun - Sihon
*'āḵəlâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it consumed
*'ār*: proper noun - Ar
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab
*ba'ălê*: noun masculine plural construct - lords of
*bāmôṯ*: noun feminine plural construct - high places of
*'arnōn*: proper noun - Arnon

Word Meanings

*ba'ălê bāmôṯ*: lords of the heights/rulers of the high places/possessors of the shrines
*qiryaṯ sîḥōn*: City of Sihon/Kiriath-sihon

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Referenced Verses

Num 21:15 : 15 And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
Jer 48:45-46 : 45 They 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. 46 Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
Amos 1:4 : 4 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amos 1:7 : 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Amos 1:10 : 10 but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Amos 1:12 : 12 but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
Amos 2:2 : 2 but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
Amos 2:5 : 5 but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Num 22:41 : 41 And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
Deut 2:9 : 9 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.
Deut 2:18 : 18 Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Judg 9:20 : 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
Isa 15:1-2 : 1 The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought. 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 48:45-46
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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.
46Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
Num 21:26-27
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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.
27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
Num 21:29-30
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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.
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7Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.
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.
Jer 48:34-36
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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.
35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.
Jer 48:20-21
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20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
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1Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
Jer 48:1-5
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3The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
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Isa 15:4
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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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15Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
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Job 22:20
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Deut 29:23
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Isa 15:8
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Joel 2:3
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Ps 106:18
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Joel 1:19
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19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
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