Numbers 21:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶ֙שֶׁד֙ הַנְּחָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָטָ֖ה לְשֶׁ֣בֶת עָ֑ר וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן לִגְב֥וּל מוֹאָֽב׃

Transliteration

And-'ešeḏ the-nəḥālîm which 'ăšer nāṭâ to-šeḇeṯ 'ār and-nišə'an to-gəḇûl mô'āḇ.

Grammar Details

*'ešeḏ*: noun masculine singular construct - slope of
*nəḥālîm*: definite noun masculine plural - the valleys
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*nāṭâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - extends/stretches
*šeḇeṯ*: noun feminine singular construct - dwelling of
*'ār*: proper noun - Ar
*nišə'an*: niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - leans/rests
*gəḇûl*: noun masculine singular construct - border of
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab

Word Meanings

*'ešeḏ*: slope/ravine/watershed
*nāṭâ*: extends/stretches/inclines toward
*nišə'an*: leans against/rests on/borders

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 21:28 : 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Deut 2:9 : 9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deut 2:18 : 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Deut 2:29 : 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Isa 15:1 : 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

Similar Verses (AI)

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11And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
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Judg 11:18
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18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
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Num 21:19-20
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19And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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Isa 15:1
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1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isa 15:7-8
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7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
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Deut 2:17-18
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17That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
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2 Kgs 3:20-22
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Josh 18:18
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Deut 3:16-17
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Josh 16:7
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Jer 48:20
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Deut 2:29
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Isa 15:5
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