Numbers 20:17

“Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, and we will not drink water from a well. We will go along the way of the king; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.””

Numbers 20:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 20:17, word by word

let us passנַעְבְּרָהnabra

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “nabra” appears
through your landאַרְצֶartse

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “artse” appears
through fieldשָׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “sade” appears
through vineyardכֶרֶםcherem

vineyard

Vineyard.

Where else “cherem” appears
drinkנִשְׁתֶּהnishte

drink

Drink.

Where else “nishte” appears
waterמֵיme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “me” appears
from a wellבְאֵרveer

well

A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.

Where else “veer” appears
We will goנֵלֵךְnelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “nelech” appears
along the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears
turn asideנִטֶּהnite

turn aside

To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.

Where else “nite” appears
to the rightיָמִיןyamin

right side

The right side.

Where else “yamin” appears
to the leftשְׂמֹאולsemovl

left

The side of the hand that is not the right.

Where else “semovl” appears
your territoryגְּבוּלֶgevule

territory

The land within that border.

Where else “gevule” appears

The context

16And we cried out to YHWH, and he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And look, we are in Kadesh, a city at the edge of your territory.

17 · This verse (above)

18But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

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