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And Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלtookיִּקַּחallאֵת כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהcities,הֶעָרִיםand Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלsettledיֵּשֶׁבin allבְּכָלthe citiesעָרֵיof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיin Heshbonבְּחֶשְׁבּוֹןandוּin allבְכָלits villages.בְּנֹתֶיהָ
Numbers 21:25
Study it in the app“And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon and in all its villages.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:25, word by word
- And 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- tookיִּקַּחyikach
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- settledיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- in Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- its villagesבְּנֹתֶיbenote
village
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “benote” appears
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and he had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.