Numbers 21:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת הַגַּיְא֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב רֹ֖אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃

Transliteration

And-from-bāmôṯ the-gay' which 'ăšer in-śəḏēh mô'āḇ rō'š the-pisgâ and-nišqāp̄â upon-pənê the-yəšîmōn.

Grammar Details

*bāmôṯ*: proper noun - Bamoth
*gay'*: definite noun masculine singular - the valley
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*śəḏēh*: noun masculine singular construct - field of
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab
*rō'š*: noun masculine singular construct - top of
*pisgâ*: definite proper noun - the Pisgah
*nišqāp̄â*: niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it looks down
*pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
*yəšîmōn*: definite noun masculine singular - the desert/wasteland

Word Meanings

*rō'š ha-pisgâ*: top of Pisgah/Pisgah heights
*nišqāp̄â*: looks down/overlooks/gazes
*yəšîmōn*: desert/wasteland/Jeshimon

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Referenced Verses

Num 23:28 : 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
Num 26:63 : 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Num 33:49-50 : 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. 50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Deut 1:5 : 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deut 3:27 : 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deut 4:49 : 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
Deut 34:1 : 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Num 22:1 : 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Num 23:14 : 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 3:27
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Num 26:3
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