From Aroer,מֵעֲרֹעֵרwhichאֲשֶׁרis onעַלthe edgeשְׂפַתof the WadiנַחַלArnon,אַרְנֹןand the cityוְהָעִירthatאֲשֶׁרis in the wadi,בַּנַּחַלas far asוְעַדGilead,הַגִּלְעָדthere wasהָיְתָהnotלֹאa townקִרְיָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas too highשָׂגְבָהfor us;מִמֶּנּוּYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּdeliveredנָתַןall of themאֶת הַכֹּלbefore us.לְפָנֵינוּ
Deuteronomy 2:36
Study it in the app“From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the city that is in the wadi, as far as Gilead, there was not a town that was too high for us; YHWH our Elohim delivered all of them before us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:36, word by word
- From Aroerעֲרֹעֵרaroer
Aroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aroer” appears- the edgeשְׂפַתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- of the Wadiנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Arnonאַרְנֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appears- and the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- there wasהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- a townקִרְיָהkirya
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kirya” appears- was too highשָׂגְבָהsagva
set on high
To set safely above, out of danger.
Where else “sagva” 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- deliveredנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- before usפָנֵיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
35Only the livestock we took as plunder for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities that we had captured.
36 · This verse (above)
37Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not come near, all the bank of the Wadi Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and all that YHWH our Elohim had commanded.