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And Moabוַ מוֹאָבwas veryמְאֹדafraidיָּגָרofמִפְּנֵיthe people,הָעָםbecauseכִּיtheyהוּאwere many;רַבand Moabוַ מוֹאָבdreadedיָּקָץthe sonsמִפְּנֵי בְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 22:3
Study it in the app“And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab dreaded the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:3, word by word
- And Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- was veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- afraidיָּגָרyagar
dread
Another word spelled the same: to dread.
Where else “yagar” appears- ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- were manyרַבrav
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appears- dreadedיָּקָץyakats
dread
To be greatly afraid of someone.
Where else “yakats” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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
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
2And Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorite.
3 · This verse (above)
4And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green growth of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.