6
"We
utterly destroyed them, as we
did to
Sihon king of
Heshbon,
utterly destroying the
men,
women and
children of
every city.
.$,l,m !{xyis.l .Wnyif'[ r,v]a;K ~'tw{a ~er]x;N;w ? @'J;h.w ~yiv'N;h ~it.m ryi[ -l'K ~er]x;h !w{B.v,x
7
"But
all the
animals and the
spoil of the
cities we
took as our
booty.
.Wn'l .Wnw{Z;B ~yir'[,h l;l.v.W h'meh.B;h -l'k.w
8
"Thus we
took the
land at that
time from the
hand of the
two kings of the
Amorites who were
beyond the
Jordan, from the
valley of
Arnon to
Mount Hermon
yen.v d;Yim #,r'a'h -t,a awih;h te['B x;QiN;w ? l;x;Nim !eD.r;Y;h r,be[.B r,v]a yir{m/a'h yek.l;m ? !w{m.r,x r;h -d;[ !{n.r;a
9
(
Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the
Amorites call it
Senir ):
yir{m/a'h.w !{y.rif !w{m.r,x.l .Wa.r.qIy ~yin{dyic ? ryin.f w{l -.Wa.r.qIy
10
all the
cities of the
plateau and
all Gilead and
all Bashan, as
far as
Salecah and
Edrei,
cities of the
kingdom of
Og in
Bashan.
!'v'B;h -l'k.w d'[.liG;h -l'k.w r{vyiM;h yer'[ l{K ? !'v'B;B gw{[ t,k,l.m;m yer'[ yi[,r.d,a.w h'k.l;s -d;[
11
(For
only Og king of
Bashan was
left of the
remnant of the
Rephaim.
Behold, his
bedstead was an
iron bedstead; it is in
Rabbah of the
sons of
Ammon. Its
length was
nine cubits and its
width four cubits by
ordinary cubit.)
~yia'p.r'h r,t,Yim r;a.vin !'v'B;h .$,l,m gw{[ -q;r yiK ? t;B;r.B awih h{l]h l,z.r;B f,r,[ w{f.r;[ heNih ? tw{M;a [;B.r;a.w H'K.r'a tw{M;a [;veT !w{M;[ yen.B ? vyia -t;M;a.B H'B.x'r
12
"So we
took possession of
this land at that
time. From
Aroer,
which is by the
valley of
Arnon, and
half the
hill country of
Gilead and its
cities I
gave to the
Reubenites and to the
Gadites.
re[{r][em awih;h te['B .Wn.v;r'y ta{Z;h #,r'a'h -t,a.w ? d'[.liG;h -r;h yic]x;w !{n.r;a l;x;n -l;[ -r,v]a ? yid'G;l.w ]yineb.WaUr'l yiT;t'n wy'r'[.w
13
"The
rest of
Gilead and
all Bashan, the
kingdom of
Og, I
gave to the
half-tribe * of
Manasseh,
all the
region of
Argob (concerning
all Bashan, it is
called the
land of
Rephaim.
gw{[ t,k,l.m;m !'v'B;h -l'k.w d'[.liG;h r,t,y.w ? b{G.r;a'h l,b,x l{K h,V;n.m;h j,bev yic]x;l yiT;t'n ? ~yia'p.r #,r,a aer'QIy a.Wh;h !'v'B;h -l'k.l
14
Jair the
son of
Manasseh took all the
region of
Argob as
far as the
border of the
Geshurites and the
Maacathites, and
called it, that is,
Bashan,
after his own
name,
Havvoth-jair, as it is to
this day.)
b{G.r;a l,b,x -l'K -t,a x;q'l h,V;n.m -n,B ryia'y ? ~'t{a a'r.qiY;w yit'k][;M;h.w yir.Wv.G;h l.Wb.G -d;[ ? ~w{Y;h d;[ ryia'y t{.W;x !'v'B;h -t,a w{m.v -l;[ ? h,Z;h
15
"To
Machir I
gave Gilead.
d'[.liG;h -t,a yiT;t'n ryik'm.l.W
16
"To the
Reubenites and to the
Gadites I
gave from
Gilead even as
far as the
valley of
Arnon, the
middle of the
valley as a
border and as
far as the
river Jabbok, the
border of the
sons of
Ammon;
l;x;n -d;[.w d'[.liG;h -nim yiT;t'n yid'G;l.w ]yineb.WaUr'l.w ? l;x;N;h q{B;y d;[.w lUb.g.W l;x;N;h .$w{T !{n.r;a ? !w{M;[ yen.B l.Wb.G