Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 21:27 Interlinear

say Wherefore they that speak in proverbs Come into Heshbon be built and prepared let the city of Sihon

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2כֵּ֛ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
3יֹֽאמְר֥וּH559sayto say (used with great latitude)
4הַמֹּֽשְׁלִ֖יםH4911Wherefore they that speak in proverbsto liken, i.e., (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
5בֹּ֣אוּH935Cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
6חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןH2809into Heshboncheshbon, a place east of the jordan
7תִּבָּנֶ֥הH1129be builtto build (literally and figuratively)
8וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ןH3559and preparedproperly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
9עִ֥ירH5892let the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
10סִיחֽוֹן׃H5511of Sihonsichon, an amoritish king

Verse Context

Numbers 21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites...
Numbers 21:27 (current) say Wherefore they that speak in proverbs Come into Heshbon be built and prepared let the city of Sihon
Numbers 21:28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon a flame from the city...

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