18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 11:18:1 ⧉וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvayelekhand he went Judges 11:18:2 ⧉בַּמִּדְבָּ֗רbamidbarin the wilderness Judges 11:18:3 ⧉וַיָּ֜סָבvayasavand he went around Judges 11:18:4 ⧉אֶת־אֶ֤רֶץeterets Judges 11:18:5 ⧉אֱדוֹם֙edomEdom Judges 11:18:6 ⧉וְאֶת־אֶ֣רֶץveeteretsand Judges 11:18:7 ⧉מוֹאָ֔בmoavMoab Judges 11:18:8 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֤אvayavoand he came Judges 11:18:9 ⧉מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙mimmizrakhshemeshfrom east of the sun Judges 11:18:10 ⧉לְאֶ֣רֶץleeretsto the land of Judges 11:18:11 ⧉מוֹאָ֔בmoavMoab Judges 11:18:12 ⧉וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וןvayakhanunand they camped Judges 11:18:13 ⧉בְּעֵ֣בֶרbeeveron the other side of Judges 11:18:14 ⧉אַרְנ֑וֹןarnonArnon Judges 11:18:15 ⧉וְלֹא־בָ֙אוּ֙velobauand they did not enter Judges 11:18:16 ⧉בִּגְב֣וּלbigvulinto the territory of Judges 11:18:17 ⧉מוֹאָ֔בmoavMoab Judges 11:18:18 ⧉כִּ֥יkifor Judges 11:18:19 ⧉אַרְנ֖וֹןarnonArnon Judges 11:18:20 ⧉גְּב֥וּלgevulboundary of Judges 11:18:21 ⧉מוֹאָֽב׃moavMoab |
18. Formal Translation And they went through the wilderness, and they skirted the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and they came by the eastern side of Moab, and they camped on the far side of the Arnon; yet they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was its border. |
18. Dynamic Translation They traveled through the wilderness, skirted the lands of Edom and Moab, and arrived from the east to Moab, where they set up camp on the other side of the River Arnon. They did not enter Moab, because the River Arnon marked its border. |