But Sihonסִיחֹןdid notוְלֹאletנָתַןIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלpassעֲבֹרthrough his territory;בִּגְבֻלוֹand Sihonוַ סִיחֹןgatheredיֶּאֱסֹףallאֶת כָּלhis peopleעַמּוֹand went outוַיֵּצֵאagainstלִקְרַאתIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלinto the wilderness,הַמִּדְבָּרָהand he cameוַיָּבֹאto Jahazיָהְצָהand foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםagainst Israel.בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 21:23
Study it in the app“But Sihon did not let Israel pass through his territory; and Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:23, word by word
- But Sihonסִיחֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- letנָתַןnatan
let
To let something happen.
Where else “natan” 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- gatheredיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeesof” appears- his peopleעַמּam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and went outיֵּצֵאyetse
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yetse” appears- againstקְרַאתkerat
go against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerat” appears- into the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- and he cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Jahazיָהְצָyahtsa
Jahaz
Jahaz, a place east of the Jordan where Israel defeated Sihon. The name perhaps means "threshing floor."
Where else “yahtsa” appears- and foughtיִּלָּחֶםyilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachem” appears
The context
22“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or into vineyard; we will not drink water from a well; we will go by the way of the king until we have passed through your territory.”
23 · This verse (above)
24And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong.