Study it in the app“So we passed by, away from our brothers, the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the way of the Arabah, from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.”
So we passed by,וַנַּעֲבֹרaway fromמֵאֵתour brothers,אַחֵינוּthe sonsבְנֵיof Esau,עֵשָׂוwho liveהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Seir,בְּשֵׂעִירaway fromמִthe wayדֶּרֶךְof the Arabah,הָעֲרָבָהfrom Elathמֵאֵילַתand fromוּמֵEzion-geber.עֶצְיֹן גָּבֶרAnd we turnedוַנֵּפֶןand passedוַנַּעֲבֹרby the wayדֶּרֶךְof the wildernessמִדְבַּרof Moab.מוֹאָב
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “naavor” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsEsau
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” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsSeir
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” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsArabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appearsElath
Elath, a port on the Sea of Reeds next to Ezion-geber. The name means "trees."
Where else “elat” appearsEzion-geber
Ezion-geber, a port on the shore of the Sea of Reeds, in the gulf of Aqaba.
Where else “etsyon” appearsturn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “nefen” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsMoab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
7For YHWH your Elohim has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years YHWH your Elohim has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”
8 · This verse (above)
9YHWH said to me, “Do not harass Moab or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of its land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.”
