Numbers 21:18
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
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ASV
The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;
KJV
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
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10 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּאֵ֞ר | be.'Er | a well | H875 → |
| חֲפָר֣וּהָ | cha.fa.Ru.ha | [which] they dug it | H2658 → |
| שָׂרִ֗ים | sa.Rim | [the] leaders | H8269 → |
| כָּר֙וּהָ֙ | ka.Ru.ha | [which] they dug it | H3738 → |
| נְדִיבֵ֣י | ne.di.Vei | [the] noble [people] of | H5081 → |
| הָעָ֔ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק | bim.cho.Kek | with a ruler's staff | H2710 → |
| בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם | be.mish.'a.no.Tam | with staffs their | H4938 → |
| וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר | u.mi.mid.Bar | and from [the] wilderness | H4057 → |
| מַתָּנָֽה׃ | ma.ta.Nah | Mattanah | H4980 → |
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