Study it in the app“Only 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.”
Onlyרַקtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןyou did notלֹאcome near,קָרָבְתָּallכָּלthe bankיַדof the WadiנַחַלJabbok,יַבֹּקand the citiesוְעָרֵיof the hill country,הָהָרand allוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּhad commanded.צִוָּה
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearscome near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karavta” appearsbeside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsJabbok
Jabbok, a river that flows into the Jordan from the east. Its name sounds like "wrestle" (yeabeq).
Where else “yabok” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsAmmon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
36From 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.
37 · This verse (above)
