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Numbers 22:1

וַיִּסְע֖וּ
nâçaʻ
and — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙
chânâh
and — properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege)
בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת
ʻărâbâh
in/with/by — a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
מוֹאָ֔ב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
מֵעֵ֖בֶר
ʻêber
from — properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
לְיַרְדֵּ֥ן
Yardên
to/for — Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
יְרֵחֽוֹ
Yᵉrîychôw
Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
Numbers 22:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.
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The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.
Numbers 22:1
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