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“Youאַתָּהare passingעֹבֵרtodayהַיּוֹםthrough the territoryאֶת גְּבוּלof Moab,מוֹאָבthrough Ar,אֶת עָר
Deuteronomy 2:18
Study it in the app““You are passing today through the territory of Moab, through Ar,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:18, word by word
- are passingעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- through the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- through Arעָרar
Ar
Ar, a city of Moab. The name means "city."
Where else “ar” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
17YHWH spoke to me, saying,
18 · This verse (above)
19and you will come near opposite the sons of Ammon. Do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.”