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Thereforeעַל כֵּןthose who recite poemsהַמֹּשְׁלִיםsay,יֹאמְרוּ“Comeבֹּאוּto Heshbon;חֶשְׁבּוֹןlet it be built,תִּבָּנֶהandוְlet the cityעִירof Sihonסִיחוֹןbe established.תִכּוֹנֵן
Numbers 21:27
Study it in the app“Therefore those who recite poems say, “Come to Heshbon; let it be built, and let the city of Sihon be established.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:27, word by word
- those who recite poemsמֹּשְׁלִיםmoshlim
speak proverbs
To speak in sayings or pictures that people repeat.
Where else “moshlim” appears- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Comeבֹּאוּbou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bou” appears- to Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- let it be builtתִּבָּנֶהtibane
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tibane” appears- let the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of Sihonסִיחוֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- be establishedתִכּוֹנֵןtikonen
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “tikonen” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon; it consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon.