and you will come nearוְקָרַבְתָּoppositeמוּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon.עַמּוֹןDo notאַלharass themתְּצֻרֵםorוְאַלprovokeתִּתְגָּרthem,בָּםforכִּיI will notלֹאgiveאֶתֵּןyouלְךָany of the landמֵאֶרֶץof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןas a possession,יְרֻשָּׁהbecauseכִּיI have given itנְתַתִּיהָto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Lotלוֹטas a possession.”יְרֻשָּׁה
Deuteronomy 2:19
Study it in the app“and 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:19, word by word
- and you will come nearקָרַבְתָּkaravta
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karavta” appears- oppositeמוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- harass themתְּצֻרֵtetsure
be an enemy
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tetsure” appears- provokeתִּתְגָּרtitgar
provoke
To pick a fight with someone.
Where else “titgar” appears- giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- any of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- as a possessionיְרֻשָּׁהyerusha
possession
Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.
Where else “yerusha” appears- of Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears
Places in this verse
Ammon
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).
The context
18“You are passing today through the territory of Moab, through Ar,
19 · This verse (above)
20(It too was counted as a land of Rephaim; Rephaim lived there formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,