Numbers 21:22
“Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
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ASV
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed thy border.
KJV
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה | 'e'.be.Rah | let me pass | H5674 → |
| בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ | ve.'ar.Tze.kha | in land your | H776 → |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| נִטֶּה֙ | ni.Teh | we will turn aside | H5186 → |
| בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה | be.sa.Deh | in a field | H7704 → |
| וּבְכֶ֔רֶם | u.ve.Khe.rem | and in a vineyard | H3754 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה | nish.Teh | we will drink | H8354 → |
| מֵ֣י | mei | water of | H4325 → |
| בְאֵ֑ר | ve.'Er | a well | H875 → |
| בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ | be.De.rekh | on [the] way of | H1870 → |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| נֵלֵ֔ךְ | ne.Lekh | we will go | H1980 → |
| עַ֥ד | 'ad | until | H5704 → |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | that | H834 → |
| נַעֲבֹ֖ר | na.'a.Vor | we will pass through | H5674 → |
| גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃ | ge.vu.Le.kha | territory your | H1366 → |
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