Numbers 22:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מֵעֵ֖בֶר לְיַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵחֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-yissəʿū bənê yiśrāʾēl wə-yaḥănû in-ʿarəbôt môʾāb from-ʿēber to-yardēn yərēḥô

Grammar Details

*wə-yissəʿū*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they journeyed/traveled
*bənê*: construct masculine plural of *bēn* - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wə-yaḥănû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they camped/encamped
*ʿarəbôt*: feminine plural construct - plains/steppes of
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*ʿēber*: masculine singular construct - across/opposite side of
*yardēn*: proper noun - Jordan
*yərēḥô*: proper noun - Jericho

Word Meanings

*wə-yissəʿū*: and they pulled up/set out/journeyed
*ʿarəbôt*: plains/steppes/desert plains/wilderness
*ʿēber*: beyond/across from/opposite side

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Referenced Verses

Num 21:20 : 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.
Num 32:19 : 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.
Num 33:48-50 : 48 And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 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,
Num 34:15 : 15 the two tribes and the half - tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
Num 36:13 : 13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Deut 1:5 : 5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deut 3:8 : 8 And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon;
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,
Deut 34:8 : 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
Josh 3:16 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 33:47-51
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47And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
49And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
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10And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
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Judg 11:18
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Num 2:34
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Deut 1:1
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Num 35:1
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Deut 4:46
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Num 9:17-18
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Exod 14:2
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Josh 13:32
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Judg 3:28
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Deut 1:7
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