And you gaveוַתִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםkingdomsמַמְלָכוֹתand peoples,וַעֲמָמִיםand distributed themוַתַּחְלְקֵםby regions;לְפֵאָהand they possessedוַיִּירְשׁוּthe landאֶרֶץof Sihon,סִיחוֹןand the landוְ אֶרֶץof the kingמֶלֶךְof Heshbon,חֶשְׁבּוֹןand the landוְ אֶרֶץof Ogעוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashan.הַבָּשָׁן
Nehemiah 9:22
Study it in the app“And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and distributed them by regions; and they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:22, word by word
- And you gaveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- kingdomsמַמְלָכוֹתmamlachot
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlachot” appears- and peoplesעֲמָמִיםamamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amamim” appears- and distributed themתַּחְלְקֵtachlke
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “tachlke” appears- by regionsפֵאָהfea
side
Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.
Where else “fea” appears- and they possessedיִּירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Sihonסִיחוֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- of the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- of Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- of Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
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Translation note
“By regions”: uncertain meaning; the Hebrew says “by side” or “by corner.” Sihon was the king of Heshbon (Numbers 21:26); here the Hebrew names them separately.
Places in this verse
Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
21Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
22 · This verse (above)
23And their sons you multiplied like the stars of the heavens, and brought them into the land of which you had told their fathers that they would go in to possess it.