Study it in the app“So 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.”
So the kingוַ מֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent,יֵּלֶךְand the kingוּמֶלֶךof Judahיְהוּדָהand the kingוּמֶלֶךְof Edom,אֱדוֹםand they went aroundוַיָּסֹבּוּa journeyדֶּרֶךְof sevenשִׁבְעַתdays,יָמִיםand there was noוְלֹא הָיָהwaterמַיִםfor the campלַמַּחֲנֶהor for the animalsוְלַבְּהֵמָהthatאֲשֶׁרfollowed them.בְּרַגְלֵיהֶם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearsgo around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “yasobu” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsfollow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “ragle” appearsEdom
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).
8He said, “Which way shall we go up?” He said, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 · This verse (above)
10The king of Israel said, “Alas! For YHWH has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”
