הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר

   ha-mi-SHOR

   the plain
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָרֵ֣י הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר

   a-REI ha-mi-SHOR

   cities of the plain
3. clause🔊 וְכֹל֙ עָרֵ֣י הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר וְכָֽל־מַמְלְכ֗וּת סִיחוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן

   ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON

   and all cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon
4. sentence🔊 וְכֹל֙ עָרֵ֣י הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר וְכָֽל־מַמְלְכ֗וּת סִיחוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן אֲשֶׁר֩ הִכָּ֨ה מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן אֶת־אֱוִ֤י וְאֶת־רֶ֙קֶם֙ וְאֶת־צ֤וּר וְאֶת־חוּר֙ וְאֶת־רֶ֔בַע נְסִיכֵ֣י סִיח֔וֹן יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz

   and all cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon whom defeated Moses him and the princes of Midian Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba the princes of Sihon the dwellers of the land

Exegesis

The verse opens with the coordinated noun phrases vekhol arei hamishor {וְכֹל עָרֵי הַמִּישֹׁר | vǝ-ḵōl ʿārê hammî-šôr} ‘all the cities of the plain’ and vekhol mamlakhut sichon {וְכָל־מַמְלְכוּת סִיחֹן | vǝ-ḵāl mamlāḵût sîḥôn} ‘and all the kingdom of Sihon’, framing the territorial extent.

Root and etymology

y-sh-r🔊 י־ש־ר

“level, straight”

• 🔊 יָשָׁרyasharupright, straightPsalm 25:8