Numbers 21:30 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַנִּירָ֛ם	va.ni.Ram	and we shot at them	H3384 →
אָבַ֥ד	'a.Vad	it has perished	H6 →
חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן	chesh.Bon	Heshbon	H2809 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
דִּיב֑וֹן	di.Von	Dibon	H1769 →
וַנַּשִּׁ֣ים	va.na.Shim	and we have devastated	H8074 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
נֹ֔פַח	No.fach	Nophah	H5302 →
אֲשֶׁ֖רׄ	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַד־	'ad-	[is] to	H5704 →
מֵֽידְבָֽא׃	Mei.de.Va'	Medeba	H4311 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 15:2
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:1
  Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 21:5
  Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
Through
Jeremiah 48:22
upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:18
  Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 48:18
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
leads to
- Joshua 13:17
  to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 47:1
  “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Isaiah 15:2
  Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
Through
Numbers 32:34
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:36
  From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…
- Numbers 32:3
  “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.1 Chronicles 19:7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.Jeremiah 48:22upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,Joshua 13:9The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Numbers 32:34And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,Joshua 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,Isaiah 15:9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.2 Samuel 11:24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.Genesis 49:23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

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