Study it in the app“Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let me pass, please, through your land,’ but the king of Edom did not listen. He sent also to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.”
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Edom,אֱדוֹםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Let me pass,אֶעְבְּרָהplease,נָּאthrough your land,’בְאַרְצֶךָbut the kingוְ מֶלֶךְof Edomאֱדוֹםdid notלֹאlisten.שָׁמַעHe sentשָׁלַחalsoוְגַםtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Moab,מוֹאָבbut he was notוְלֹאwilling.אָבָהSo Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלstayedיֵּשֶׁבat Kadesh.בְּקָדֵשׁ
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ebra” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsbe willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “ava” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appearsKadesh
Kadesh, an oasis in the wilderness south of Canaan; later a camp of Israel.
Where else “kadesh” appears1Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
2Moab
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).
16For when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and came to Kadesh.
17 · This verse (above)
18Then he went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came from the rising of the sun to the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; and they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
