Deuteronomy 29:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And ye came vnto this place, and Sehon the kyng of Hesbon, and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle, and we smote them,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַנִּקַּח֙ אֶת־אַרְצָ֔ם וַנִּתְּנָ֣הּ לְנַחֲלָ֔ה לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י וְלַגָּדִ֑י וְלַחֲצִ֖י שֵׁ֥בֶט הַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃

Transliteration

And-niqqaḥ ʾet-ʾarṣām and-nittᵉnāh for-naḥălāh to-the-Rᵉʾûbēnî and-to-the-Gādî and-to-half šēbeṭ the-Mᵉnaššî.

Grammar Details

• *niqqaḥ*: Qal imperfect 1st common plural consecutive - and we took
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾarṣām*: noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their land
• *nittᵉnāh*: Qal imperfect 1st common plural consecutive + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and we gave it
• *naḥălāh*: noun feminine singular - inheritance/possession
• *Rᵉʾûbēnî*: adjective masculine singular - Reubenite
• *Gādî*: adjective masculine singular - Gadite
• *šēbeṭ*: noun masculine singular construct - tribe of
• *Mᵉnaššî*: adjective masculine singular - Manassite

Word Meanings

• *niqqaḥ*: we took/seized/captured
• *naḥălāh*: inheritance/possession/property

Referenced Verses

• Num 21:21-35 : 21 And Israel sent messengers vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, saying: 22 Let me passe through thy lande, we wyll not turne into the fieldes or vineyardes, neither drynke of the waters of the well: but we wyll go along by the kynges hye way, vntyll we be past thy countrey. 23 But Sehon woulde geue Israel no lisence to passe through his countrey: but gathered all his people together, & went out agaynst Israel into the wildernesse: And he came to Iaza, and fought agaynst Israel. 24 And Israel smote him in the edge of the sworde, & conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabok, vnto the children of Ammon: For the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Hesbon, and in all the townes that long therto. 26 For Hesbon was the citie of Sehon the kyng of the Amorites, which fought before agaynst ye kyng of the Moabites, and toke all his lande out of his hande, euen vnto Arnon. 27 Wherfore they that speake in prouerbes, say: Come to Hesbon, and let the citie of Sehon be built and repayred. 28 For there is a fire gone out of Hesbon, and a flambe from the citie of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar in Moab, and the lordes of Bamoth in Arnon. 29 Wo to thee Moab, O people of Chamos ye are vndone: he hath suffered his sonnes to be pursued, & his daughters to be in captiuitie vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amorites. 30 Their empire is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon, and we made a wildernesse euen vnto Nopha, which reacheth vnto Medaba. 31 And thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites. 32 And Moyses sent to searche out Iaezer, and they toke the townes belonging therto, & rooted out the Amorites that were therein. 33 And they turned, and went vp towarde Basan: And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst them, he and all his people to fight at Edrai. 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: feare hym not, for I haue deliuered hym into thy hande, and all his people and his lande, and thou shalt do to him as thou diddest vnto Schon the king of the Amorites whiche dwelt at Hesbon. 35 They smote hym therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntyll there was nothyng left hym, and they conquered his lande.
• Num 32:33-42 : 33 And Moyses gaue vnto the children of Gad, and to the children of Ruben, and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph, the kyngdome of Sehon kyng of the Amorites, and the kyngdome of Og kyng of Basan, the lande with the cities therof, in ye coastes and cities of the countrey rounde about. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atoth, Sophan, Iaaser, and Iogbea, 36 Bethnimra, and Betharan, fensed cities: & they built foldes for the sheepe. 37 And the children of Ruben built Hesbon, Eleale, Kiriathaim, 38 Nebo, Baalmeon, and turned their names, and Sibama also: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therin. 40 And Moyses gaue Gilead vnto Mathir the sonne of Manasse, and he dwelt therin. 41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse went and toke the smal townes therof, and called them Hauoth Iair. 42 And Nobah went and toke Kenath, and the townes longyng therto, and called it Nobah, after his owne name.
• Deut 2:24-3:17 : 24 Rise ye vp therefore, & take your iourney ouer the ryuer Arnon: Beholde, I haue geuen into thy hande Sehon the Amorite, king of Hesbon and his lande: begin to possesse it, and prouoke hym to battayle. 25 This day will I beginne to sende the feare and dread of thee vpon al nations that are vnder all the heauen, so that they whiche heare speake of thee, shall tremble and quake before thee. 26 And so I sent messengers out of ye wildernes of Kedemoth, vnto Sehon king of Hesbo, with wordes of peace, saying: 27 Let me passe through thy lande, I wyll go along by the hye way, I wyll neither turne vnto the ryght hande, nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, & geue me water for money, for to drinke: Only I wyll go through on my feete, 29 As the children of Esau, which dwel in Seir, and the Moabites which dwel in Ar, dyd vnto me, vntyll I be come ouer Iordane, into the lande which the Lorde our God geueth vs. 30 But Sehon ye kyng of Hesbon woulde not let vs passe by hym: for the Lorde thy God hardened his spirite, and made his heart obstinate, because he woulde deliuer him into thy hande, as it is come to passe this day. 31 And the Lord said vnto me: Beholde, I haue begunne to geue Sehon & his lande before thee: begynne to possesse and inherite his lande. 32 Then both Sehon and all his people came out agaynst vs to fight at Iaza. 33 And the Lorde set hym before vs, and we smote hym, and his sonnes, and all his people. 34 And we toke all his cities the same season, and slue the men, women, and children of all the cities, and let nothyng remayne, 35 Saue the cattell onely we caught vnto our selues, and the spoyle of the cities which we toke. 36 From Aroer which is by the brinke of the riuer of Arnon, and from the citie that is in the riuer, vnto Gilead, there was not one citie to strong for vs: The Lorde our God deliuered all vnto vs. 37 Only vnto the lande of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor vnto euery place of the riuer Iabock, nor vnto the cities in the mountaynes, nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde our God forbad vs. 1 Then we turned, and went vp the way to Basan: And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs, he and all his people, to fyght at Edrai. 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Feare hym not, for I wyll deliuer hym, and all his people, and his lande, into thy hande, and thou shalt do vnto hym, as thou diddest vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, which dwelt at Hesbon. 3 And so the Lorde our God deliuered into our handes Og also the kyng of Basan, and all his folke: And we smote hym vntyll none was left hym alyue. 4 And we toke all his cities the same season, neither was there a citie which we toke not from them, euen threescore cities throughout the region of Argob, of the kyngdome of Og in Basan. 5 All these cities also were made strong with hye walles, gates, & barres, beside vnwalled townes a great meany, 6 And we vtterly destroyed them, as we dyd vnto Sehon kyng of Hesbon, bryngyng to naught all the cities, with men, women, and children: 7 But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cities, we toke for our selues. 8 And thus we toke the same season out of the hande of two kynges of the Amorites, the land that was on the other side Iordane, from the riuer of Arnon, vnto mount Hermon: 9 (Which Hermon the Sidons call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir) 10 All the cities that lay in the playne, and all Gilead, and all Basan vnto Selcha and Edrai, cities of the kyngdome of Og in Basan: 11 For only Og kyng of Basan, remayned of the remnaunt of the giauntes, whose bed was a bed of iron: And is it not yet at Rabbath among ye children of Ammon? Nine cubites doth the length therof contayne, and foure cubites the breadth of it, after the cubite of a man. 12 And so we conquered this lande the same tyme, from Aroer which is by the riuer of Arnon, vnto halfe mount Gilead, and the cities therof gaue I vnto the Rubenites and Gadites. 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Basan of the kyngdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasse: euen all the region of Argob, with all Basan, which is called the lande of giauntes. 14 Iair the sonne of Manasse, toke all the countrey of Argob, vnto the coastes of Gessuri & Maachati, and called them after his owne name, Basan Hauoth Iair, vnto this day. 15 And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir. 16 And vnto the Rubenites and Gadites I gaue Gilead vnto the riuer of Arnon, halfe the valley and beyonde, euen vnto the riuer Iabock, which is the border of the children of Ammon: 17 The playne also, and Iordane, and the coast therof, from Cenereth, euen vnto the sea which is in the playne, euen the salt sea vnder the springes of the hyll, eastwarde.
• Ps 135:10-12 : 10 He smote many nations: and slue mightie kinges. 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan: and all the kingdomes of Chanaan. 12 And he gaue their lande for an inheritaunce: euen for an heritaunce to Israel his people.
• Ps 136:17-22 : 17 Who smote great kinges: for his mercye endureth for euer. 18 And he slue mightie kynges: for his mercy endureth for euer. 19 Sihon kyng of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for euer. 20 And Og the kyng of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for euer. 21 And he gaue away their lande for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for euer. 22 For an heritage vnto Israel his seruaunt: for his mercy endureth for euer.