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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whichאֵי זֶהwayהַדֶּרֶךְshall we go up?”נַעֲלֶהHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“The wayדֶּרֶךְof the wildernessמִדְבַּרof Edom.”אֱדוֹם
2 Kings 3:8
Study it in the app“He said, “Which way shall we go up?” He said, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:8, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- shall we go upנַעֲלֶהnaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naale” appears- of the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
7He went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to Moab for battle?” He said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 · This verse (above)
9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they went around a journey of seven days, and there was no water for the camp or for the animals that followed them.