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and the Arabah,וְהָעֲרָבָהwith the Jordanוְהַיַּרְדֵּןas the border,וּגְבֻלfrom Chinnerethמִכִּנֶּרֶתas far asוְעַדthe Seaיָםof the Arabah,הָעֲרָבָהthe SaltהַמֶּלַחSea,יָםunderתַּחַתthe slopesאַשְׁדֹּתof Pisgahהַפִּסְגָּהon the east.מִזְרָחָה
Deuteronomy 3:17
Study it in the app“and the Arabah, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:17, word by word
- and the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava
Arabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appears- with the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- as the borderגְבֻלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- from Chinnerethכִּנֶּרֶתkineret
Chinnereth
Chinnereth, a lake in the north of Israel, later called the Sea of Galilee; also a city on its shore.
Where else “kineret” appears- the Seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- the Saltמֶּלַחmelach
salt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appears- the slopesאַשְׁדֹּתashdot
slope
Slope: the side of a mountain where the water runs down.
Where else “ashdot” appears- of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisga
Pisgah
Pisgah, a mountain east of the Jordan, facing Jericho. The name means "cleft."
Where else “pisga” appears- on the eastמִזְרָחָmizraach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
16To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the Wadi Arnon, the middle of the wadi as the border, and as far as the Wadi Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
17 · This verse (above)
18I commanded you at that time, saying, “YHWH your Elohim has given you this land to take possession of it. Armed, you shall cross over before your brothers, the sons of Israel, all the valiant men.