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But Edomוַ אֱדוֹםsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“You shall notלֹאpassתַעֲבֹרthrough me,בִּיlestפֶּןI come outאֵצֵאwith the swordבַּחֶרֶבagainst you.”לִקְרָאתֶךָ
Numbers 20:18
Study it in the app“But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:18, word by word
- But Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- passתַעֲבֹרtaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavor” appears- I come outאֵצֵאetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “etse” appears- with the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- against youקְרָאתֶkerate
go against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerate” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
17Please 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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19And the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay its price. Only it is nothing: let me pass through on foot.”