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Thus Edomוַ אֱדוֹםrefusedיְמָאֵןto letנְתֹןIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלpassעֲבֹרthrough his territory;בִּגְבֻלוֹso Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלturned awayיֵּטfrom him.מֵעָלָיו
Numbers 20:21
Study it in the app“Thus Edom refused to let Israel pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:21, word by word
- Thus Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- refusedיְמָאֵןyemaen
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “yemaen” appears- to letנְתֹןneton
let
To let something happen.
Where else “neton” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- passעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- through his territoryגְבֻלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- turned awayיֵּטyet
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “yet” 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
20But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against him with a heavy force and with a strong hand.
21 · This verse (above)
22And they set out from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, the whole community, came to Hor the mountain.