Category Archives: 4. במדבר

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־יַעְזֵ֔ר וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָ וַיִּירָשׁ֙ אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִ֥י אֲשֶׁר־שָֽׁם׃ And Moshe sent men to spy out Yaʿzer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Emori who were there.   Morphology וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vayishlach) – Root: שלח (shalach); Form: Qal imperfect … Continue reading →

וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּאֶ֖רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ And Yisra’el lived in the land of the Emori.   Morphology וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ (vayeshev) – Root: ישׁב (yashav); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And he lived”; Notes: Describes Yisra’el settling in the … Continue reading →

וַנִּירָ֛ם אָבַ֥ד חֶשְׁבֹּ֖ון עַד־דִּיבֹ֑ון וַנַּשִּׁ֣ים עַד־נֹ֔פַח אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַד־מֵֽידְבָֽא׃ We laid waste as far as Ḥeshbon; it perished as far as Divon, and we destroyed them as far as Nofaḥ, which reaches to Meydeva.”   Morphology וַנִּירָ֛ם (vaniram) – Root: ניר … Continue reading →

אֹוי־לְךָ֣ מֹואָ֔ב אָבַ֖דְתָּ עַם־כְּמֹ֑ושׁ נָתַ֨ן בָּנָ֤יו פְּלֵיטִם֙ וּבְנֹתָ֣יו בַּשְּׁבִ֔ית לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אֱמֹרִ֖י סִיחֹֽון׃ Woe to you, Mo’av! You are destroyed, O people of Kemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Siḥon, king of the … Continue reading →

כִּי־אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽחֶשְׁבֹּ֔ון לֶהָבָ֖ה מִקִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן אָֽכְלָה֙ עָ֣ר מֹואָ֔ב בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמֹ֥ות אַרְנֹֽן׃ For a fire went out from Ḥeshbon, a flame from the city of Siḥon; it consumed Ar of Mo’av, the lords of the heights of Arnon.   Morphology … Continue reading →

עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֹאמְר֥וּ הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים בֹּ֣אוּ חֶשְׁבֹּ֑ון תִּבָּנֶ֥ה וְתִכֹּונֵ֖ן עִ֥יר סִיחֹֽון׃ Therefore, those who speak in proverbs say: “Come to Ḥeshbon! Let it be built and established as the city of Siḥon.”   Morphology עַל־כֵּ֛ן (al-ken) – Root: כן (ken); Form: Preposition … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י חֶשְׁבֹּ֔ון עִ֗יר סִיחֹ֛ן מֶ֥לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י הִ֑וא וְה֣וּא נִלְחַ֗ם בְּמֶ֤לֶךְ מֹואָב֙ הָֽרִאשֹׁ֔ון וַיִּקַּ֧ח אֶת־כָּל־אַרְצֹ֛ו מִיָּדֹ֖ו עַד־אַרְנֹֽן׃ For Ḥeshbon was the city of Siḥon, the king of the Emori, and he had fought against the former king of Mo’av and had … Continue reading →

וַיִּקַּח֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֥ת כָּל־הֶעָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּכָל־עָרֵ֣י הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י בְּחֶשְׁבֹּ֖ון וּבְכָל־בְּנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ And Yisra’el took all these cities, and Yisra’el lived in all the cities of the Emori, in Ḥeshbon and in all its towns.   Morphology וַיִּקַּח֙ (vayikkaḥ) – Root: … Continue reading →

וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וַיִּירַ֨שׁ אֶת־אַרְצֹ֜ו מֵֽאַרְנֹ֗ן עַד־יַבֹּק֙ עַד־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֹּ֔ון כִּ֣י עַ֔ז גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמֹּֽון׃ And Yisra’el struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabboq, as far as the sons of … Continue reading →

וְלֹא־נָתַ֨ן סִיחֹ֣ן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ עֲבֹ֣ר בִּגְבֻלֹו֒ וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף סִיחֹ֜ן אֶת־כָּל־עַמֹּ֗ו וַיֵּצֵ֞א לִקְרַ֤את יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָה וַיָּבֹ֖א יָ֑הְצָה וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ But Siḥon did not allow Yisra’el to pass through his territory. Siḥon gathered all his people and went out to meet Yisra’el in the … Continue reading →