Study it in the app“While 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?”
WhileבְּIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivedשֶׁבֶתin Heshbonבְּחֶשְׁבּוֹןand its villages,וּבִבְנוֹתֶיהָand in Aroerוּבְעַרְעוֹרand its villages,וּבִבְנוֹתֶיהָand in allוּבְכָלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרare alongעַל יְדֵיthe Arnon,אַרְנוֹןthreeשְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתyears,שָׁנָהwhyוּמַדּוּעַdid you notלֹאrecover themהִצַּלְתֶּםat thatבָּ הַהִיאtime?עֵת
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” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appearsHeshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appearsvillage
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “venote” appearsAroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aror” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsbeside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yede” appearsArnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearstake away
To take something from the one who has it, to recover it or give it to another.
Where else “hitsaltem” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears25And 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?
26 · This verse (above)
27I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by fighting against me. May YHWH, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.”
