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As for the Avvim,וְהָעַוִּיםwho livedהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin villagesבַּחֲצֵרִיםas far asעַדGaza,עַזָּהthe Caphtorim,כַּפְתֹּרִיםwho came outהַיֹּצְאִיםof Caphtor,מִכַּפְתּוֹרdestroyed themהִשְׁמִידֻםand livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin their place.)תַחְתָּם
Deuteronomy 2:23
Study it in the app“As 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.)”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:23, word by word
- As for the Avvimעַוִּיםavim
Avvim
An ancient people who lived in villages as far as Gaza.
Where else “avim” appears- who livedיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- in villagesחֲצֵרִיםchatserim
villages, Hazerim
Villages: settlements without a wall; some take it as a place name.
Where else “chatserim” appears- Gazaעַזָּהaza
Gaza
See it on the mapWhere else “aza” appears- the Caphtorimכַּפְתֹּרִיםkaftorim
Caphtorim
Caphtorim, the inhabitants of Caphtor, probably the island of Crete.
Where else “kaftorim” appears- who came outיֹּצְאִיםyotsim
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotsim” appears- of Caphtorכַּפְתּוֹרkaftor
Caphtor
Caphtor, an island or coast from which the Philistines came (Amos 9:7).
Where else “kaftor” appears- destroyed themהִשְׁמִידֻhishmidu
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmidu” appears
Places in this verse
Gaza
Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.
There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).
The context
22just 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24“Rise up, set out, and cross the Wadi Arnon. See, I have given into your hand Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and provoke him to war.