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from Aroer,מֵעֲרוֹעֵרwhichאֲשֶׁרisonעַלthe bankשְׂפַתof the brookנַחַלArnon,אַרְנוֹןand the cityוְהָעִירthatאֲשֶׁרisinבְּthe middleתוֹךְof the brook,הַנַּחַלand allוְכָלthe plateauהַמִּישֹׁרof Medebaמֵידְבָאas far asעַדDibon;דִּיבוֹן
Joshua 13:9
Study it in the app“from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the brook, and all the plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:9, word by word
- from Aroerעֲרוֹעֵרaroer
Aroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aroer” appears- the bankשְׂפַתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- of the brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Arnonאַרְנוֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appears- and the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the middleתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the plateauמִּישֹׁרmishor
plain
Ground without hills.
Where else “mishor” appears- of Medebaמֵידְבָאmedva
Medeba
Medeba, a city east of the Jordan. The name means "waters of quiet."
Where else “medva” appears- Dibonדִּיבוֹןdivon
Dibon
Dibon, a city of Moab east of the Jordan (also called Dibon-gad); another place in Judah bears the name.
Where else “divon” appears
The context
8With it the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of YHWH gave it to them:
9 · This verse (above)
10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;