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Allכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwere citiesעָרִיםfortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתwith a highגְבֹהָהwall,חוֹמָהgates,דְּלָתַיִםand bars,וּבְרִיחַbesidesלְבַדveryמְאֹדmanyהַרְבֵּהunwalled towns.מֵעָרֵי הַפְּרָזִי
Deuteronomy 3:5
Study it in the app“All these were cities fortified with a high wall, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled towns.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:5, word by word
- were citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- fortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתbetsurot
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appears- with a highגְבֹהָהgevoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevoha” appears- wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- gatesדְּלָתַיִםdelatayim
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delatayim” appears- and barsבְרִיחַveriach
bolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “veriach” appears- besidesבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- manyהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- unwalled townsפְּרָזִיperazi
unwalled, rural
Of the countryside; with "cities," those that have no wall.
Where else “perazi” appears
The context
4We 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6We devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city: men, women, and little ones.