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Numbers 21:30

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

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וַנִּירָ֛םvaniramand shootיָרָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and shoot”, the next action in the storyH3384properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.אָבַ֥דavaddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןcheshbonHeshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Heshbon”H2809Cheshbon, a place East of the JordanHeshbon.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.דִּיב֑וֹןdivonDibon. added, Dibon-gadדִּיבוֹןnoun, proper name — “Dibon. added, Dibon-gad”H1769Dibon, the name of three places in PalestineDibon. (Also, with H1410 (גָּד) added, Dibon-gad.)וַנַּשִּׁ֣יםvanashimand make amazedשָׁמֵםconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and make amazed”, the next action in the storyH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.נֹ֔פַחnofachNophahנֹפַחnoun, proper name — “Nophah”H5302Nophach, a place in MoabNophah.אֲשֶׁ֖רׄasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.מֵֽידְבָֽאmeydvaMedebaמֵידְבָאnoun, proper name — “Medeba”H4311Medeba, a place in PalestineMedeba.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

We have shot at them — Heshbon is perished — even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

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American Standard Version (1901)

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba.

Young’s Literal Translation

And we shoot them, Perished hath Heshbon unto Dibon, And we make desolate unto Nophah, Which [is] unto Medeba.'

World English Bible

We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”

Darby Translation

And we have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon; and we have laid [them] waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

Douay-Rheims

Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Dibon, they came weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

We have shot at them — Heshbon is perished — even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And their seed shall perish from Esebon to Dæbon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν ἀπολεῖται, Ἑσεβὼν ἕως Δαιβών· καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες ἔτι προσεξέκαυσαν πῦρ ἐπὶ Μωάβ.