Turn,פְּנוּset out,וּסְעוּ לָכֶםand goוּבֹאוּto the hill countryהַרof the Amoriteהָאֱמֹרִיand toוְאֶלallכָּלits neighbors,שְׁכֵנָיוin the Arabah,בָּעֲרָבָהin the hill country,בָהָרin the Shephelah,וּבַשְּׁפֵלָהin the Negev,וּבַנֶּגֶבand on the coastוּבְחוֹףof the sea,הַיָּםthe landאֶרֶץof the Canaanite,הַכְּנַעֲנִיand Lebanon,וְהַלְּבָנוֹןas far asעַדthe greatהַגָּדֹלriver,הַנָּהָרthe riverנְהַרEuphrates.פְּרָת
Deuteronomy 1:7
Study it in the app“Turn, set out, and go to the hill country of the Amorite and to all its neighbors, in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the Shephelah, in the Negev, and on the coast of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:7, word by word
- Turnפְּנוּpenu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “penu” appears- set outסְעוּseu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “seu” appears- and goבֹאוּvou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vou” appears- to the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- its neighborsשְׁכֵנָיshechenay
neighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechenay” appears- in the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava
Arabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appears- in the Shephelahשְּׁפֵלָהshefela
lowland, Shephelah
Shephelah, the lowland: the zone of low hills between the hill country of Judah and the coast.
Where else “shefela” appears- in the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- and on the coastחוֹףchof
shore, coast
Shore, coast, seashore.
Where else “chof” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- and Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- the greatגָּדֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- riverנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- Euphratesפְּרָתperat
Euphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perat” appears
Translation note
The Shephelah is the zone of low hills between the hill country and the coast.
Places in this verse
1Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
2Euphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
The context
6YHWH our Elohim spoke to us at Horeb, saying, “You have stayed long enough on this mountain.
7 · This verse (above)
8See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.”