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And he buriedוַיִּקְבֹּרhimאֹתוֹin the valleyבַגַּיְin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Moab,מוֹאָבoppositeמוּלBeth-peor;בֵּית פְּעוֹרand noוְלֹאmanאִישׁhas knownיָדַעhis burial placeקְבֻרָתוֹtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Deuteronomy 34:6
Study it in the app“And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; and no man has known his burial place to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 34:6, word by word
- And he buriedיִּקְבֹּרyikbor
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbor” appears- in the valleyגַּיְgay
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “gay” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- oppositeמוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- Beth-peorבֵּיתbet
Beth-peor
Beth-peor, a place east of the Jordan in front of which Israel camped. The name means "house of Peor."
Where else “bet” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- has knownיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- his burial placeקְבֻרָתkevurat
grave
Grave, tomb; burial.
Where else “kevurat” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew does not say who buried him; it can be understood to have been YHWH. Jude 9 mentions a dispute over the body of Moses.
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
5And Moses, the servant of YHWH, died there in the land of Moab, according to the command of YHWH.
6 · This verse (above)
7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye had not grown dim, and his vigor had not fled.