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and the Negev,וְ הַנֶּגֶבand the plain,וְ הַכִּכָּרthe valleyבִּקְעַתof Jericho,יְרֵחוֹthe cityעִירof palm trees,הַתְּמָרִיםas far asעַדZoar.צֹעַר
Deuteronomy 34:3
Study it in the app“and the Negev, and the plain, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 34:3, word by word
- and the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- and the plainכִּכָּרkikar
plain
Literally "the circle": the lowland around the Jordan.
Where else “kikar” appears- the valleyבִּקְעַתbikat
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “bikat” appears- of Jerichoיְרֵחוֹyerecho
Jericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yerecho” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of palm treesתְּמָרִיםtemarim
palm tree
Palm tree.
Where else “temarim” appears- Zoarצֹעַרtsoar
Zoar
See it on the mapWhere else “tsoar” appears
Places in this verse
1Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
2Zoar ?
Today: possibly Safi, south of the Dead Sea, Jordan
A small town near the Dead Sea; its site is not known for certain.
Lot fled there when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; the town was spared because of his plea (Gen 19:20-22).
The context
2and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,
3 · This verse (above)
4And YHWH said to him, “This is the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but there you shall not cross.”