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So I sentוָאֶשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםfrom the wildernessמִמִּדְבַּרof KedemothקְדֵמוֹתtoאֶלSihonסִיחוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןwith wordsדִּבְרֵיof peace,שָׁלוֹםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Deuteronomy 2:26
Study it in the app“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:26, word by word
- So I sentאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- messengersמַלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- from the wildernessמִּדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Kedemothקְדֵמוֹתkedemot
Kedemoth
Kedemoth, a place east of the Jordan. The name means "beginnings" or "eastern places."
Where else “kedemot” appears- Sihonסִיחוֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- with wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
25This day I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the face of the peoples under all the heavens, who will hear the report of you and tremble and be in anguish because of you.”
26 · This verse (above)
27“Let me pass through your land. By the road, by the road I will go; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left.