Then we turnedוַנֵּפֶןand went upוַנַּעַלby the wayדֶּרֶךְto Bashan,הַבָּשָׁןand Ogוַ עוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashanהַבָּשָׁןcame outיֵּצֵאto meet us,לִקְרָאתֵנוּheהוּאand allוְכָלhis people,עַמּוֹfor warלַמִּלְחָמָהat Edrei.אֶדְרֶעִי
Deuteronomy 3:1
Study it in the app“Then we turned and went up by the way to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet us, he and all his people, for war at Edrei.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:1, word by word
- Then we turnedנֵּפֶןnefen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “nefen” appears- and went upנַּעַלnaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naal” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- and Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- came outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to meet usקְרָאתֵkerate
go against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerate” appears- his peopleעַמּam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- for warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- at Edreiאֶדְרֶעִיedrei
Edrei
Edrei, a city of Bashan where Israel defeated King Og; another place bears the name. The name means "mighty."
Where else “edrei” appears
Places in this verse
Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2YHWH said to me, “Do not fear him, for into your hand I have given him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”