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and from Bamothוּמִבָּמוֹתto the valleyהַגַּיְאthatאֲשֶׁרis in the countryבִּשְׂדֵהof Moab,מוֹאָבat the topרֹאשׁof Pisgah,הַפִּסְגָּהwhich looks downוְנִשְׁקָפָהonעַל פְּנֵיthe wasteland.הַיְשִׁימֹן
Numbers 21:20
Study it in the app“and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the wasteland.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:20, word by word
- and from Bamothבָּמוֹתbamot
Bamoth
Bamoth (also Bamoth-baal), a place east of the Jordan. The name means "high places."
Where else “bamot” appears- to the valleyגַּיְאgay
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “gay” appears- is in the countryשְׂדֵהsede
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- at the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisga
Pisgah
Pisgah, a mountain east of the Jordan, facing Jericho. The name means "cleft."
Where else “pisga” appears- which looks downנִשְׁקָפָהnishkafa
look down
Look down from above, look out (of a window).
Where else “nishkafa” appears- onפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- the wastelandיְשִׁימֹןyeshimon
wasteland
Wasteland, desolation: desert land with no inhabitants.
Where else “yeshimon” 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
19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20 · This verse (above)
21And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,