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Numbers 21

Nm. 21:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
digged
chaphar (Hebrew #2658)
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Pronounce: khaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
the well
'er (Hebrew #875)
a pit; especially a well
KJV usage: pit, well.
Pronounce: be-ayr'
Origin: from 874
, the nobles
nadiyb (Hebrew #5081)
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
KJV usage: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing ((hearted)).
Pronounce: naw-deeb'
Origin: from 5068
of the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
digged
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
it, by the direction of the lawgiver
chaqaq (Hebrew #2710)
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
KJV usage: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Pronounce: khaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
w, with their staves
mish`enah (Hebrew #4938)
feminine of 4937; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
KJV usage: staff.
Pronounce: mish-ay-naw'
Origin: or mishteneth {mish-eh'-neth}
. And from the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
they went to Mattanah
Mattanah (Hebrew #4980)
Mattanah, a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Mattanah.
Pronounce: mat-taw-naw'
Origin: the same as 4979
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princes.
the lawgiver.
And from.
 They dug-for their activity displayed itself in the presence of the grace of God-and the water sprang up in the wilderness. (Numbers 21 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at the word of the lawgiverl, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "with the ruler's wand," Gen. 49.10.