Numbers 21:18
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
חָפַר
châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
אַדִּיר
ʼaddîyr
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
חָפַר
châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
מְגַמָּה
mᵉgammâh
properly, accumulation, i.e. impulse or direction
חָקַק
châqaq
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive ...
בַּד
bad
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositio...
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מַתָּנָה
Mattânâh
Mattanah, a place in the Desert
Key Terms in This Verse
חָקַק châqaq
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
Study H2710 →חָפַר châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Study H2658 →חָפַר châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Study H2658 →בַּד bad
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
Study H905 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →מִדְבָּר midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Study H4057 →Cross References
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I giv...
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, un...
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