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And now,וְעַתָּהare youהֲ אַתָּהreally any betterטוֹב טוֹבthan Balakמִבָּלָקsonבֶּןof Zippor,צִפּוֹרkingמֶלֶךְof Moab?מוֹאָבDid he ever contendהֲרוֹב רָבwithעִםIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלorאִםdid he ever fightנִלְחֹם נִלְחַםagainst them?בָּם
Judges 11:25
Study it in the app“And now, are you really any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:25, word by word
- really any betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- than Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Zipporצִפּוֹרtsipor
Zippor
Zippor, father of Balak, king of Moab. The name means "bird."
Where else “tsipor” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- Did he ever contendרוֹבrov
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “rov” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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” appears- did he ever fightנִלְחֹםnilchom
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchom” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
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).
The context
24Do you not take possession of what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever YHWH our Elohim has dispossessed before us, that we will take possession of.
25 · This verse (above)
26While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are along the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them at that time?