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and the territoryוּגְבוּלof Ogעוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashan,הַבָּשָׁןof the remnantמִיֶּתֶרof the Rephaim,הָרְפָאִיםwho livedהַיּוֹשֵׁבin Ashtarothבְּעַשְׁתָּרוֹתand in Edrei,וּבְאֶדְרֶעִי
Joshua 12:4
Study it in the app“and the territory of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 12:4, word by word
- and the territoryגְבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” 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- of the remnantיֶּתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appears- of the Rephaimרְפָאִיםrefaim
Rephaim
An ancient people of very tall men.
Where else “refaim” appears- who livedיּוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in Ashtarothעַשְׁתָּרוֹתashtarot
Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appears- and in Edreiאֶדְרֶעִיedrei
Edrei
Edrei, a city of Bashan where Israel defeated King Og; another place bears the name. The name means "mighty."
Where else “edrei” appears
Places in this verse
Bashan
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).
The context
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;
4 · This verse (above)
5and ruled over Mount Hermon and over Salecah and over all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurite and the Maacathite, and half of Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.