Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, in order to enlarge their territory.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהForעַלthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיof the childrenבְנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןand forוְעַלfour,אַרְבָּעָהI will notלֹאrevoke it;אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּbecauseעַלthey ripped openבִּקְעָםthe pregnant womenהָרוֹתof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדin orderלְמַעַןto enlargeהַרְחִיבtheir territory.גְּבוּלָם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashive” appearsrip open
To rip a body or a thing violently to pieces.
Where else “bika” appearspregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “harot” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsmake room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “harchiv” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
12And I will send fire on Teman, and it will devour the citadels of Bozrah.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will kindle fire on the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour her citadels, with a war cry on the day of battle, with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.
