afterאַחֲרֵיhe had struckהַכֹּתוֹSihon,אֵת סִיחֹןkingמֶלֶךְof the Amorites,הָאֱמֹרִיwhoאֲשֶׁרlivedיוֹשֵׁבin Heshbon,בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹןandוְאֵתOg,עוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashan,הַבָּשָׁןwhoאֲשֶׁרlivedיוֹשֵׁבin Ashtaroth,בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹתin Edrei.בְּאֶדְרֶעִי
Deuteronomy 1:4
Study it in the app“after he had struck Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, in Edrei.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:4, word by word
- he had struckהַכֹּתhakot
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hakot” appears- Sihonסִיחֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- livedיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- of Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- in Ashtarothעַשְׁתָּרֹתashtarot
Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appears- in Edreiאֶדְרֶעִיedrei
Edrei
Edrei, a city of Bashan where Israel defeated King Og; another place bears the name. The name means "mighty."
Where else “edrei” appears
Translation note
This is told in Numbers 21:21-35.
Places in this verse
Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
3It was in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that YHWH had commanded him for them,
4 · This verse (above)
5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this instruction, saying: