Then they turnedוַיִּפְנוּand went upוַיַּעֲלוּby the wayדֶּרֶךְto Bashan;הַבָּשָׁןand Ogוַ עוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashanהַבָּשָׁןcame outיֵּצֵאagainst them,לִקְרָאתָםheהוּאandוְallכָלhis people,עַמּוֹfor battleלַמִּלְחָמָהat Edrei.אֶדְרֶעִי
Numbers 21:33
Study it in the app“Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, for battle at Edrei.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:33, word by word
- Then they turnedיִּפְנוּyifnu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifnu” appears- and went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- and Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- came outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- against themקְרָאתָkerata
go against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerata” appears- his peopleעַמּam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- for battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- at Edreiאֶדְרֶעִיedrei
Edrei
Edrei, a city of Bashan where Israel defeated King Og; another place bears the name. The name means "mighty."
Where else “edrei” appears
Places in this verse
Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorite who were there.
33 · This verse (above)
34But YHWH said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for into your hand I have given him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”