Go upעֲלֵהto the topרֹאשׁof Pisgah,הַפִּסְגָּהand lift upוְשָׂאyour eyesעֵינֶיךָwestward,יָמָּהnorthward,וְצָפֹנָהsouthward,וְתֵימָנָהand eastward,וּמִזְרָחָהand lookוּרְאֵהwith your eyes,בְעֵינֶיךָforכִּיyou shall notלֹאcrossתַעֲבֹרthisהַזֶּהJordan.אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן
Deuteronomy 3:27
Study it in the app“Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, northward, southward, and eastward, and look with your eyes, for you shall not cross this Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:27, word by word
- Go upעֲלֵהale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ale” appears- to the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisga
Pisgah
Pisgah, a mountain east of the Jordan, facing Jericho. The name means "cleft."
Where else “pisga” appears- and lift upשָׂאsa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sa” appears- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- westwardיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- northwardצָפֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- southwardתֵימָנָtemana
south
South; also the south wind.
Where else “temana” appears- and eastwardמִזְרָחָmizraach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appears- and lookרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- crossתַעֲבֹרtaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavor” appears- Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
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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
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28And command Joshua, and strengthen him and make him firm, for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall make them inherit the land that you will see.”