Numbers 33:40
in Numbers 33Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
KJV
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
in the wilderness of Zin
on Numbers 33:36-40
The second and last date in the chapter is a death, the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year, and Aaron at a hundred and twenty and three years is the only man whose dying this list records. Numbers 20:22-29 gives the account, the garments taken off Aaron and put on Eleazar on the mountain in sight of the congregation. Verse 40 breaks in with a Canaanite king who hears of their coming and then says nothing further, and Numbers 21:1-3 finishes that matter with the vow and the name Hormah. The fortieth year named here fixes the near end of the forty years passed in chapter 14.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And King Arad the Canaanite,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע | vaiyishma' | and he heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ | hakenaani | the Canaanite | H3669 → | 73 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עֲרָ֔ד | ʾarad | Arad | H6166 → | |
| וְהֽוּא־ | vehu'- | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yoshev | [was] dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בַּנֶּ֖גֶב | banegev | in the Negev | H5045 → | 112 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנָ֑עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| בְּבֹ֖א | bevo' | when came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיִּשְׁמַ֗עand he heard
vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙the Canaanite
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
עֲרָ֔דArad
ʾaradH6166 →
וְהֽוּא־and he
vehu'-H1931 →1879 times
יֹשֵׁ֥ב[was] dwelling
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
בַּנֶּ֖גֶבin the Negev
banegevH5045 →112 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּנָ֑עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
בְּבֹ֖אwhen came
bevo'H935 →2568 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Numbers
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.