just asכַּאֲשֶׁרhe didעָשָׂהfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Esau,עֵשָׂוwho liveהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Seir,בְּשֵׂעִירwhenאֲשֶׁרhe destroyedהִשְׁמִידthe Horiteאֶת הַחֹרִיfrom before them;מִפְּנֵיהֶםthey dispossessed themוַיִּירָשֻׁםand have livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin their placeתַחְתָּםtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Deuteronomy 2:22
Study it in the app“just as he did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horite from before them; they dispossessed them and have lived in their place to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:22, word by word
- he didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- for the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- who liveיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- in 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- he destroyedהִשְׁמִידhishmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmid” appears- the Horiteחֹרִיchori
Horites
Horites: the ancient inhabitants of the region of Seir, before the Edomites.
Where else “chori” appears- from before themפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- they dispossessed themיִּירָשֻׁyirashu
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “yirashu” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
21a people great, numerous, and tall like the Anakim. But YHWH destroyed them from before them, and they dispossessed them and lived in their place,
22 · This verse (above)
23As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)