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“You have gone aroundלָכֶם סֹבthisהַזֶּהmountainאֶת הָהָרlong enough.רַבTurnפְּנוּ לָכֶםnorth.צָפֹנָה
Deuteronomy 2:3
Study it in the app““You have gone around this mountain long enough. Turn north.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:3, word by word
- “You have gone aroundסֹבsov
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “sov” appears- mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- long enoughרַבrav
enough
A word to stop something that has become too much: it is enough.
Where else “rav” appears- Turnפְּנוּpenu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “penu” appears- northצָפֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears
The context
2YHWH said to me,
3 · This verse (above)
4And command the people, saying, ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. So guard yourselves carefully: