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Gebalגְּבָלand Ammonוְעַמּוֹןand Amalek,וַעֲמָלֵקPhilistiaפְּלֶשֶׁתwithעִםthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Tyre;צוֹר
Psalms 83:7
Study it in the app“Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 83:7, word by word
- Gebalגְּבָלgeval
Gebal
Gebal: a mountainous region south of the Dead Sea, near Edom; one of the peoples hostile to Israel named in Psalm 83.
Where else “geval” appears- and Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- and Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- Philistiaפְּלֶשֶׁתpeleshet
Philistia
Philistia, the coastal strip where the Philistines lived.
Where else “peleshet” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Tyreצוֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears
Places in this verse
1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7 · This verse (above)
8Also Assyria has joined them; they have been an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.