The Meaning of Numbers 21:11 Explained

Numbers 21:11

KJV: And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

YLT: And they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the wilderness that is on the front of Moab, at the rising of the sun.

Darby: And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.

ASV: And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they journeyed  from Oboth,  and pitched  at Ijeabarim,  in the wilderness  which [is] before  Moab,  toward the sunrising. 

What does Numbers 21:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 21:1-20 - The Brazen Serpent Journeying To Pisgah
It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse the long circuitous route, which a little kindness on our brother's part might have rendered needless. What discouragement, heart-break and fainting we cause one another!
The story of the brazen serpent was quoted by our Lord to Nicodemus, John 3:14. It exemplifies the law that like cures like. Our Lord came in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, and as such was nailed to the tree, that the progress of sin and death might be arrested. Whosoever directs to Him the look of faith shall have everlasting life.
Near the pole-foot sprang up the brook, Numbers 21:17-18. We are reminded of the connection between the Cross and Pentecost. Spring up, O well of the Holy Spirit, in our hearts, and churches, and schools! The living water is within; summon it! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 21

1  Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah
4  The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents
7  They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent
10  Various journeys of the Israelites
21  Sihon is overcome
33  And Og

What do the individual words in Numbers 21:11 mean?

And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim in the wilderness which [is] that east of Moab toward the sunrise
וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵאֹבֹ֑ת וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ בְּעִיֵּ֣י הָֽעֲבָרִ֗ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב מִמִּזְרַ֖ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ

וַיִּסְע֖וּ  And  they  journeyed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
מֵאֹבֹ֑ת  from  Oboth 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֹבֹת  
Sense: undetermined site of an Israelite camp in the wilderness (perhaps at east boundary of Moab).
וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ  and  camped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
בְּעִיֵּ֣י  at  Ije  Abarim 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
הָֽעֲבָרִ֗ים  in  the  wilderness 
Parse: Preposition, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הָעֲבָרִים 
Sense: a station of Israel in the wilderness on the southeast side of Moab.
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙  which  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
אֲשֶׁר֙  that 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עַל־  east 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מוֹאָ֔ב  Moab 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹואָב 
Sense: a son of Lot by his eldest daughter.
מִמִּזְרַ֖ח  toward 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ  the  sunrise 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.

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