The meaning of “מֵידְבָא”
Understanding Mêydᵉbâʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Medeba. - § Medeba = "water of rest" - Medeba, a place in Palestine 1) a town in Moab assigned to Reuben and located 4 m...
מֵידְבָא
Medeba. - § Medeba = "water of rest" - Medeba, a place in Palestine 1) a town in Moab assigned to Reuben and located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Heshbon; still extant
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.” Word: מֵידְבָא (Mêydᵉbâʼ) | |
| Joshua 13:9 | “From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;” Word: מֵידְבָא (Mêydᵉbâʼ) | |
| Joshua 13:16 | “And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;” Word: מֵידְבָא (Mêydᵉbâʼ) | |
| 1 Chronicles 19:7 | “So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.” Word: מֵידְבָא (Mêydᵉbâʼ) | |
| Isaiah 15:2 | “He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.” Word: מֵידְבָא (Mêydᵉbâʼ) |