The Canaanite,הַכְּנַעֲנִיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Arad,עֲרָדwhoוְהוּאlivedיֹשֵׁבin the Negevבַּנֶּגֶבin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןheardוַיִּשְׁמַעof the comingבְּבֹאof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 33:40
Study it in the app“The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:40, word by word
- The Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Aradעֲרָדarad
Arad
Arad, a Canaanite city in the Negev; also the name of a man. The name means "fugitive."
Where else “arad” appears- livedיֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- of the comingבֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- of 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
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
39Aaron was a hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 · This verse (above)
41They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.