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from Aroer,מֵעֲרֹעֵרwhichאֲשֶׁרis onעַלthe edgeשְׂפַתof the WadiנַחַלArnon,אַרְנֹןas far asוְעַדMountהַרSiyon,שִׂיאֹןthat is,הוּאHermon,חֶרְמוֹן
Deuteronomy 4:48
Study it in the app“from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, as far as Mount Siyon, that is, Hermon,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:48, word by word
- from Aroerעֲרֹעֵרaroer
Aroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aroer” appears- the edgeשְׂפַתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- of the Wadiנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Arnonאַרְנֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Siyonשִׂיאֹןsion
Siyon
Siyon: another name of Mount Hermon; it is not Mount Zion in Jerusalem, which is spelled differently in Hebrew. The name means "height."
Where else “sion” appears- Hermonחֶרְמוֹןchermon
Hermon
See it on the mapWhere else “chermon” appears
Translation note
“Mount Siyon” is not Zion, the one in Jerusalem: in Hebrew it is written with other letters (שִׂיאֹן), and it is another name for Hermon.
Places in this verse
Hermon
Today: Mount Hermon: Lebanon-Syria border, Israeli-held part
The highest mountain in northern Israel, on the border with Syria and Lebanon.
It was the northern limit of what Israel took east of the Jordan (Deut 3:8). The Psalms speak of its dew (Ps 133:3).
The context
47They 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:
48 · This verse (above)
49and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.