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And they set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Obothמֵאֹבֹתand campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Iye-abarim,בְּעִיֵּי הָעֲבָרִיםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרthatאֲשֶׁרis oppositeעַל פְּנֵיMoab,מוֹאָבtowardמִthe sunrise.מִּזְרַח הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Numbers 21:11
Study it in the app“And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:11, word by word
- And they set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Obothאֹבֹתovot
Oboth
Oboth, a place in the wilderness where Israel camped. The name means "waterskins."
Where else “ovot” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- at Iye-abarimעִיֵּיiye
Iye-abarim
Iye-abarim, a place facing Moab where Israel camped. The name means "ruins of the regions beyond."
Where else “iye” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- is oppositeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- the sunriseמִּזְרַחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- the sunriseשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
east
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shamesh” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
10And the sons of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.
11 · This verse (above)
12From there they set out and camped by the Brook Zered.