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ThenאָזIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלsangיָשִׁירthisהַזֹּאתsong:אֶת הַשִּׁירָה“Spring up,עֲלִיO well!בְאֵרSingעֱנוּto it!לָהּ
Numbers 21:17
Study it in the app“Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to it!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:17, word by word
- 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- sangיָשִׁירyashir
sing
To give voice to a melody, to praise YHWH or to celebrate.
Where else “yashir” appears- songשִּׁירָהshira
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shira” appears- “Spring upעֲלִיali
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ali” appears- O wellבְאֵרveer
well
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “veer” appears- Singעֱנוּenu
sing in turns
To sing in turns, so that one choir answers the other.
Where else “enu” appears
The context
16And from there they went to Beer; that is the well of which YHWH said to Moses, “Gather the people, and I will give them water.”
17 · This verse (above)
18The well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people excavated, with the scepter, with their staffs.” And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah,