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Deuteronomy 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.


Deuteronomy 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 2:817 words
וַנַּעֲבֹרwanaʿăvōrAnd cross
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
אַחֵינוּʾaḥênûBrother
בְנֵיvənêSon
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
הַיֹּשְׁבִיםhayōšəvîmThe sit
בְּשֵׂעִירbəśēʿîrIn Seir
מִדֶּרֶךְmidereḵəFrom road
הָעֲרָבָהhāʿărāvāhThe desert
מֵאֵילַתmēʾêlatFrom Eloth
וּמֵעֶצְיֹןûmēʿeṣəyōnAnd from
גָּבֶרgāverEtsjon-Geber
וַנֵּפֶןwanēp̄enAnd turn
וַנַּעֲבֹרwanaʿăvōrAnd cross
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
מִדְבַּרmidəbarPasture
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַנַּעֲבֹרwanaʿăvōrAnd cross
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
אַחֵינוּʾaḥênûBrother
בְנֵיvənêSon
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
הַיֹּשְׁבִיםhayōšəvîmThe sit
בְּשֵׂעִירbəśēʿîrIn Seir
מִדֶּרֶךְmidereḵəFrom road
הָעֲרָבָהhāʿărāvāhThe desert
מֵאֵילַתmēʾêlatFrom Eloth
וּמֵעֶצְיֹןûmēʿeṣəyōnAnd from
גָּבֶרgāverEtsjon-Geber
וַנֵּפֶןwanēp̄enAnd turn
וַנַּעֲבֹרwanaʿăvōrAnd cross
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
מִדְבַּרmidəbarPasture
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab

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