DEUTERONOMY 2:30

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.”

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Deuteronomy 2:30 Translation & Meaning

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But Sihon סִיחֹן֙ Sichon, an Amoritish king Sihon
king מֶ֣לֶךְ A king king
of Heshbon חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan Heshbon
would אָבָ֗ה To breathe after, i.e., (figuratively) to be acquiescent would
not וְלֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
let us pass הַֽעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) let pass
by him: for כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed by him for
the Lord יְהוָ֨ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
thy God אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
hardened הִקְשָׁה֩ Properly, to be dense, i.e., tough or severe (in various applications) hardened
his spirit, רוּח֗וֹ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) spirit
and made his heart לְבָב֔וֹ The heart (as the most interior organ) made heart
obstinate, וְאִמֵּץ֙ To be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage) obstinate
that לְמַ֛עַן Properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that that
he might deliver תִּתּ֥וֹ To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) might deliver
him into thy hand, בְיָֽדְךָ֖ A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
as this הַזֶּֽה׃ The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that as this
appeareth (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
day. כַּיּ֥וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) day

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  • 28  Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

  • 29  (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

  • 30  But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

  • 31  And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

  • 32  Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.




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