Study it in the app“Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Let us pass, please, through your land to my place.’”
IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלsentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלSihon,סִיחוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיkingמֶלֶךְof Heshbon,חֶשְׁבּוֹןand Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaid to him,וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ‘Let us pass,נַעְבְּרָהplease,נָּאthrough your landבְאַרְצְךָtoעַדmy place.’מְקוֹמִי
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” appearsSihon
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” appearsHeshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “nabra” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomi” appears18Then 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; Sihon gathered all his people, and they camped at Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.
