They took possession ofוַיִּירְשׁוּhis landאֶת אַרְצוֹand the landוְאֶת אֶרֶץof Ogעוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashan,הַבָּשָׁןthe twoשְׁנֵיkingsמַלְכֵיof the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִיwho wereאֲשֶׁרbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןtoward the sunrise:מִזְרַח שָׁמֶשׁ
Deuteronomy 4:47
Study it in the app“They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, toward the sunrise:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:47, word by word
- They took possession ofיִּירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- his landאַרְצarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- of Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- toward the sunriseמִזְרַחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- toward the sunriseשָׁמֶשׁshamesh
east
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shamesh” appears
Places in this verse
1Bashan
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).
2Jordan
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
46beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt.
47 · This verse (above)
48from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, as far as Mount Siyon, that is, Hermon,