Then we turnedוַנֵּפֶןand set outוַנִּסַּעfor the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרָהby the wayדֶּרֶךְof the Seaיַםof Reeds,סוּףasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad spokenדִּבֶּרto me,אֵלָיand we went aroundוַנָּסָבMountאֶת הַרSeirשֵׂעִירmanyרַבִּיםdays.יָמִים
Deuteronomy 2:1
Study it in the app“Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds, as YHWH had spoken to me, and we went around Mount Seir many days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:1, word by word
- Then we turnedנֵּפֶןnefen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “nefen” appears- and set outנִּסַּעnisa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nisa” appears- for the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the Seaיַםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of Reedsסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- and we went aroundנָּסָבnasav
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “nasav” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Seirשֵׂעִירseir
Seir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2YHWH said to me,