What Does Deuteronomy 3:27 Mean?

“Get thee up”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“into the top”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

“of Pisgah”

pisgah, a mountain east of jordan

“and lift up”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“it with thine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“westward”

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif

“and northward”

properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)

“and southward”

the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)

“and eastward”

sunrise, i.e., the east

“and behold”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“it with thine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“for thou shalt not go over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“this Jordan”

jarden, the principal river of palestine

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that