We capturedוַנִּלְכֹּדallאֶת כָּלhis citiesעָרָיוat that time;בָּעֵת הַהִואthere wasהָיְתָהnotלֹאa townקִרְיָהthatאֲשֶׁרwe did notלֹאtakeלָקַחְנוּfrom them:מֵאִתָּםsixtyשִׁשִּׁיםcities,עִירallכָּלthe regionחֶבֶלof Argob,אַרְגֹּבthe kingdomמַמְלֶכֶתof Ogעוֹגin Bashan.בַּבָּשָׁן
Deuteronomy 3:4
Study it in the app“We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a town that we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:4, word by word
- We capturedנִּלְכֹּדnilkod
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkod” appears- his citiesעָרָיaray
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “aray” appears- at that timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- there wasהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- a townקִרְיָהkirya
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kirya” appears- takeלָקַחְנוּlakachnu
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakachnu” appears- sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- the regionחֶבֶלchevel
allotment
A plot measured with a rope, a portion of land.
Where else “chevel” appears- of Argobאַרְגֹּבargov
Argob
Argob: a region of Bashan, east of the Jordan, with sixty cities. The name means "stony."
Where else “argov” appears- the kingdomמַמְלֶכֶתmamlechet
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlechet” appears- of Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- in Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” 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
3So YHWH our Elohim gave into our hand also Og king of Bashan and all his people, and we struck him until no survivor was left to him.
4 · This verse (above)
5All these were cities fortified with a high wall, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled towns.