Numbers 21:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפְנוּ֙ וַֽיַּעֲל֔וּ דֶּ֖רֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֑ן וַיֵּצֵ֣א עוֹג֩ מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֨ן לִקְרָאתָ֜ם ה֧וּא וְכָל־עַמּ֛וֹ לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אֶדְרֶֽעִי׃

Transliteration

And wə-yip̄nû and wə-ya'ălû dereḵ the-bāšān and wə-yēṣē' 'ôg meleḵ-the-bāšān to-liqrā'ṯām he hû' and-all-'ammô to-the-milḥāmâ 'eḏre'î.

Grammar Details

*wə-yip̄nû*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they turned
*wə-ya'ălû*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went up
*dereḵ*: noun masculine singular construct - way of
*bāšān*: definite proper noun - the Bashan
*wə-yēṣē'*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went out
*'ôg*: proper noun - Og
*meleḵ*: noun masculine singular construct - king of
*liqrā'ṯām*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to meet them
*hû'*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
*'ammô*: noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his people
*milḥāmâ*: definite noun feminine singular - the battle
*'eḏre'î*: proper noun - Edrei

Word Meanings

*liqrā'ṯām*: to meet them/against them/to encounter them
*'eḏre'î*: Edrei (place name)

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Referenced Verses

Josh 13:12 : 12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove them out.
Deut 29:7 : 7 And 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 : 4 after 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.
Deut 3:1-6 : 1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei. 2 And Jehovah said unto me, Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
Deut 4:47 : 47 And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
Num 32:33 : 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half - tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
Josh 9:10 : 10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
Josh 12:4 : 4 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Josh 13:30 : 30 And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Ps 22:12 : 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Ps 68:15 : 15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
Isa 33:9 : 9 The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
Ezek 39:18 : 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

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Deut 3:1-4
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1Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei.
2And Jehovah said unto me, Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
3So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
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Deut 1:4
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34And Jehovah said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
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Deut 29:7
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Ps 135:11
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Deut 3:10
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10all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Josh 13:11-12
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11and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
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Josh 9:10
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Deut 4:46-47
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Judg 11:18
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Num 21:23
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Judg 3:28
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Josh 2:10
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Num 21:26
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Num 33:48
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2 Kgs 10:33
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Num 20:21
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