What Does Deuteronomy 3:4 Mean?

“And we took”

to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere

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

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all his cities”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“at that time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

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

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“there was not a city”

a city

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

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

“which we took”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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

“not from them threescore”

sixty

“all his cities”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the region”

ruin

“of Argob”

argob, a district of palestine

“the kingdom”

dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

“of Og”

og, a king of bashan

“in Bashan”

bashan (often with the article), a region east of the jordan