Study it in the app“Sihon king of the Amorite, who lived in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;”
Sihonסִיחוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיwho livedהַיּוֹשֵׁבin Heshbon,בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹןrulingמֹשֵׁלfrom Aroer,מֵעֲרוֹעֵרwhich isאֲשֶׁרonעַלthe edgeשְׂפַתof the brookנַחַלArnon,אַרְנוֹןand the middleוְתוֹךְof the brook,הַנַּחַלand halfוַחֲצִיof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדas far asוְעַדthe brookהַנַּחַלJabbok,יַבֹּקthe borderגְּבוּלof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon;עַמּוֹן
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsHeshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appearsrule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “moshel” appearsAroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aroer” appearsedge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsArnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsJabbok
Jabbok, a river that flows into the Jordan from the east. Its name sounds like "wrestle" (yeabeq).
Where else “yabok” appearsborder
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
1Now these are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel struck and whose land they took possession of beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, from the brook Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:
2 · This verse (above)
3and the Arabah as far as the Sea of Chinneroth to the east, and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, to the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, below the slopes of Pisgah;
