Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 23:3–4
3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. 4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaima to curse you.
Footnotes
- a 23:4 That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia.
Word by word
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Deuteronomy 23:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| Ammonite | עַמּוֹנִ֛י | ‘am·mō·w·nî | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H5984 Ammonite |
| or Moabite | וּמוֹאָבִ֖י | ū·mō·w·’ā·ḇî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4125 Moabitish |
| or any of their descendants | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| may enter | יָבֹ֧א | yā·ḇō | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| the assembly | בִּקְהַ֣ל | biq·hal | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| even | גַּ֚ם | gam | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| to the tenth | עֲשִׂירִ֔י | ‘ă·śî·rî | Number - ordinal masculine singular | H6224 tenth |
| generation | דּ֣וֹר | dō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H1755 period, generation, dwelling |
Deuteronomy 23:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| they did not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| meet | קִדְּמ֤וּ | qid·də·mū | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | H6923 come or be in front, meet |
| you with food | בַּלֶּ֣חֶם | bal·le·ḥem | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3899 bread, food |
| and water | וּבַמַּ֔יִם | ū·ḇam·ma·yim | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| on your way | בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | bad·de·reḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| out of | בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם | bə·ṣê·ṯə·ḵem | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural | H3318 go or come out |
| Egypt | מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם | mim·miṣ·rā·yim | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| they hired | שָׂכַ֨ר | śā·ḵar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7936 hire |
| Balaam | בִּלְעָ֣ם | bil·‘ām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1109 Balaam |
| son | בֶּן־ | ben- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| of Beor | בְּע֗וֹר | bə·‘ō·wr | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1160 Beor |
| from Pethor | מִפְּת֛וֹר | mip·pə·ṯō·wr | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6604 Pethor |
| in Aram-naharaim | נַהֲרַ֖יִם | na·hă·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H763 Aram |
| to curse you | לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃ | lə·qal·le·kā | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular | H7043 be slight, swift, trifling |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 23:3 Nehemiah 13:1–2 · Ruth 4:6
Deuteronomy 23:4 Nehemiah 13:2 · 2 Peter 2:15 · Deuteronomy 2:28–29 · 1 Kings 18:4 · Zechariah 2:8 · Acts 9:4 · Numbers 23:7 · 1 Samuel 25:11 · Numbers 22:17 · Matthew 25:40 · Numbers 22:5–7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.