just asכַּאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְּנֵיof Esauעֵשָׂוwho liveהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Seirבְּשֵׂעִירand the Moabitesוְהַמּוֹאָבִיםwho liveהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Arבְּעָרdidעָשׂוּfor me,לִיuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרI crossאֶעֱבֹרthe Jordanאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּis givingנֹתֵןus.”לָנוּ
Deuteronomy 2:29
Study it in the app“just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan into the land that YHWH our Elohim is giving us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:29, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- and the Moabitesמּוֹאָבִיםmoavim
Moabite
Moabite: a descendant of Moab, the son of Lot.
Where else “moavim” appears- in Arעָרar
Ar
Ar, a city of Moab. The name means "city."
Where else “ar” appears- didעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- I crossאֶעֱבֹרeevor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “eevor” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
28Food for silver you will sell me, and I will eat; and water for silver you will give me, and I will drink. Only let me pass through on foot,
29 · This verse (above)
30But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us pass by him, for YHWH your Elohim had hardened his spirit and made firm his heart, in order to give him into your hand, as it is this day.