Study it in the app“He said to them, “Follow me, for YHWH has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” They went down after him, captured the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and did not let anyone cross.”
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Follow me,רִדְפוּ אַחֲרַיforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןyour enemies,אֶת אֹיְבֵיכֶםMoab,אֶת מוֹאָבinto your hand.”בְּיֶדְכֶםThey went downוַיֵּרְדוּafter him,אַחֲרָיוcapturedוַיִּלְכְּדוּthe fordsאֶת מַעְבְּרוֹתof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןtoward Moab,לְמוֹאָבand did notוְלֹאletנָתְנוּanyoneאִישׁcross.לַעֲבֹר
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “ridfu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yed” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkdu” appearsford
A shallow place to cross a river.
Where else “mabrot” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears1Moab
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).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
27When he arrived, he blew the horn in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was before them.
28 · This verse (above)
29They struck Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust and all men of valor; and not a man escaped.
