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Pleaseנָּאlet me cross overאֶעְבְּרָהand seeוְאֶרְאֶהthe goodהַטּוֹבָהlandאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרis beyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןthisהַזֶּהgoodהַטּוֹבhill countryהָהָרand Lebanon.”וְהַלְּבָנוֹן
Deuteronomy 3:25
Study it in the app“Please let me cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, this good hill country and Lebanon.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:25, word by word
- let me cross overאֶעְבְּרָהebra
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ebra” appears- and seeאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- the goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- is beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- and Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears
Places in this verse
1Jordan
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).
2Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
24“Adonai YHWH, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand; for what god is there in the heavens or on the earth who can do according to your works and according to your mighty deeds?
25 · This verse (above)
26But YHWH was furious with me because of you and did not listen to me. YHWH said to me, “Enough! Do not speak to me again about this matter.