| 24. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 21:24:1 ⧉וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּvayakehuand Israel struck him Numbers 21:24:2 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsrael Numbers 21:24:3 ⧉לְפִי־חָ֑רֶבlefikharevwith the edge of the sword Numbers 21:24:4 ⧉וַיִּירַ֨שׁvayirashand took possession Numbers 21:24:5 ⧉אֶת־אַרְצ֜וֹetartsoof his land Numbers 21:24:6 ⧉מֵֽאַרְנֹ֗ןmearnonfrom Arnon Numbers 21:24:7 ⧉עַד־יַבֹּק֙adyabokas far as Jabbok Numbers 21:24:8 ⧉עַד־בְּנֵ֣יadbeneiup to the sons of Numbers 21:24:9 ⧉עַמּ֔וֹןammonAmmon Numbers 21:24:10 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor Numbers 21:24:11 ⧉עַ֔זazstrong Numbers 21:24:12 ⧉גְּב֖וּלgevulthe border Numbers 21:24:13 ⧉בְּנֵ֥יbeneiof the sons of Numbers 21:24:14 ⧉עַמּֽוֹן׃ammonAmmon. |
| 24. Formal Translation And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified. |
| 24. Dynamic Translation The Israelites defeated him with their swords and took control of his land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonite border, for the Ammonite boundary was well defended. |