From thereמִשָּׁםthey set outנָסָעוּand campedוַיַּחֲנוּon the other sideמֵעֵבֶרof the Arnon,אַרְנוֹןwhichאֲשֶׁרis in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרthat extendsהַיֹּצֵאfrom the territoryמִגְּבוּלof the Amorite;הָאֱמֹרִיforכִּיthe Arnonאַרְנוֹןis the borderגְּבוּלof Moab,מוֹאָבbetweenבֵּיןMoabמוֹאָבandוּthe Amorite.בֵין הָאֱמֹרִי
Numbers 21:13
Study it in the app“From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the territory of the Amorite; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:13, word by word
- they set outנָסָעוּnasau
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nasau” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- on the other sideעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- of the Arnonאַרְנוֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appears- is in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- that extendsיֹּצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- from the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” 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
12From there they set out and camped by the Brook Zered.
13 · This verse (above)
14Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of YHWH: “Waheb in Suphah, and the brooks of the Arnon,