YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Do notאֶלharassתָּצַרMoabאֶת מוֹאָבorוְאַלprovokeתִּתְגָּרthemבָּםto war,מִלְחָמָהforכִּיI will notלֹאgiveאֶתֵּןyouלְךָany of its landמֵאַרְצוֹas a possession,יְרֻשָּׁהbecauseכִּיI have givenנָתַתִּיArאֶת עָרto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Lotלוֹטas a possession.”יְרֻשָּׁה
Deuteronomy 2:9
Study it in the app“YHWH 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:9, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- harassתָּצַרtatsar
be an enemy
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tatsar” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- provokeתִּתְגָּרtitgar
provoke
To pick a fight with someone.
Where else “titgar” appears- to warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- any of its landאַרְצarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- as a possessionיְרֻשָּׁהyerusha
possession
Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.
Where else “yerusha” appears- Arעָרar
Ar
Ar, a city of Moab. The name means "city."
Where else “ar” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears
Translation note
Moab and Ammon descended from Lot, Abraham’s nephew (Genesis 19:36-38).
Places in this verse
Moab
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).
The context
8So 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10(The Emim lived there formerly, a people great, numerous, and tall like the Anakim.