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Num. 21:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andb they journeyed
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
from mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Hor
Hor (Hebrew #2023)
mountain; Hor, the name of a peak in Idumaea and of one in Syria
KJV usage: Hor.
Pronounce: hore
Origin: another form of 2022
by the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of the Red
cuwph (Hebrew #5488)
a reed, especially the papyrus
KJV usage: flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare 5489.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: probably of Egyptian origin
sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, to compass
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
d of Edom
'Edom (Hebrew #123)
from 122; red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV usage: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Pronounce: ed-ome'
Origin: or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}
: and the soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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
was much ηdiscouraged
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
because of the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
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Num. 20:22• 22And they removed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to mount Hor. (Num. 20:22)
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Num. 33:41• 41And they removed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. (Num. 33:41)
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Judg. 11:18• 18And they walked through the wilderness, and went round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east of the land of Moab, and encamped beyond the Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab. (Judg. 11:18)
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or, grieved. Heb. shortened,
Ex. 6:9• 9And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit, and from hard service. (Ex. 6:9)
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More on:

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Compass,
Edom,
Mount Hor,
Mountain Mount,
Red Sea,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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mount Hor.
Num. 20:22‑23,27• 22And they removed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to mount Hor.
 23And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,
 27And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly. (Num. 20:22‑23,27)
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Num. 33:41• 41And they removed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. (Num. 33:41)
by the way.
Num. 14:25• 25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea. (Num. 14:25)
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Deut. 1:40• 40But ye, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. (Deut. 1:40)
compass.
Num. 20:18‑21• 18But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
 19And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet.
 20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
 21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him. (Num. 20:18‑21)
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Deut. 2:5‑8• 5attack them not; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; for I have given mount Seir as a possession unto Esau.
 6Ye shall buy of them food for money, that ye may eat; and water shall ye also buy of them for money, that ye may drink;
 7for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
 8And we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-geber, and we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. (Deut. 2:5‑8)
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Judg. 11:18• 18And they walked through the wilderness, and went round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east of the land of Moab, and encamped beyond the Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab. (Judg. 11:18)
the soul.
Num. 32:7,9• 7And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them?
 9they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, and discouraged the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them. (Num. 32:7,9)
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Ex. 6:9• 9And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit, and from hard service. (Ex. 6:9)
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Acts 14:22• 22establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)
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1 Thess. 3:3‑4• 3that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;
 4for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.) (1 Thess. 3:3‑4)
discouraged.
or, grieved.
Heb. shortened.
Ex. 6:9• 9And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit, and from hard service. (Ex. 6:9)
• From chapter 21:4, it is the state of the soul, the heart gone back to Egypt; Christ (the manna) is despised. The power of the enemy when they were faithful was nothing. Unfaithfulness, murmuring against God, brings them into the sting of death. If they despise the bread of life, they get the fatal sting of death in judgment. (“Numbers 20” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatientb on the way;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "was wearied."