Pleaseנָּאlet us passנַעְבְּרָהthrough your land.בְאַרְצֶךָWe will notלֹאpassנַעֲבֹרthrough fieldבְּשָׂדֶהorוּthrough vineyard,בְכֶרֶםandוְwe will notלֹאdrinkנִשְׁתֶּהwaterמֵיfrom a well.בְאֵרWe will goנֵלֵךְalong the wayדֶּרֶךְof the king;הַמֶּלֶךְwe will notלֹאturn asideנִטֶּהto the rightיָמִיןorוּto the leftשְׂמֹאולuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרwe have passed throughנַעֲבֹרyour territory.”גְּבוּלֶךָ
Numbers 20:17
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”