Study it in the app“In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stood without strength; for fire went out from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it consumed the temple of Moab and the crown of the sons of tumult.”
In the shadowבְּצֵלof Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןthe fugitivesנָסִיםstoodעָמְדוּwithout strength;מִכֹּחַforכִּיfireאֵשׁwent outיָצָאfrom Heshbon,מֵחֶשְׁבּוֹןand a flameוְלֶהָבָהfrom the midstמִבֵּיןof Sihon,סִיחוֹןand it consumedוַתֹּאכַלthe templeפְּאַתof Moabמוֹאָבand the crownוְקָדְקֹדof the sonsבְּנֵיof tumult.שָׁאוֹן
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsel” appearsHeshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasim” appearsstop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “amdu” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsspring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsa” appearsflame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appearsSihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appearsedge
The edge or corner of something: of a field, a piece of furniture or the head.
Where else “peat” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearscrown of the head
Crown of the head, the top of the head.
Where else “kadkod” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsroar, uproar
Roar, uproar: a great noise, like that of waters or of a crowd; also the ruin that comes with it.
Where else “shaon” appearsThis part repeats words of Numbers 21:28 and 24:17.
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).
44The one who flees from before the terror will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up out of the pit will be caught in the snare; for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their punishment, declares YHWH.
45 · This verse (above)
46Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh has perished, for your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity.
