The Meaning of Deuteronomy 4:49 Explained

Deuteronomy 4:49

KJV: And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

YLT: and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Darby: and all the plain on this side the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the sea of the plain, under the slopes of Pisgah.

ASV: and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the plain  on this side  Jordan  eastward,  even unto the sea  of the plain,  under the springs  of Pisgah. 

What does Deuteronomy 4:49 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 4:32-49 - Israel's Peculiar Privileges
Every argument that love and wisdom, the great past and the miracles of the Exodus could suggest, was brought to bear on the hearts of the chosen people, fortifying them against the temptations to backsliding. They were bidden to ask from ancient history and from one end of heaven to another, if any such wonders had ever been known in the history of the nations. But it must be sorrowfully confessed that memory and wonder are not enough to permanently fortify the heart against the insidious entrance of evil. Only the Holy Spirit can do that, Romans 8:1-4; Galatians 5:16.
So eager is the divine heart that none should perish but that all should come to repentance, that guide-posts to refuge are carefully multiplied. Here again their names and locations are specified, lest any should not have met with former notifications, Numbers 35:6; Numbers 35:14; 2 Peter 3:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 4

1  An exhortation to obedience
41  Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan
44  Recapitulation

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 4:49 mean?

and all the plain on the side of the Jordan east and as far as the Sea of the Arabah below the slopes of Pisgah -
וְכָל־ הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜ה עֵ֤בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה וְעַ֖ד יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה תַּ֖חַת אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת הַפִּסְגָּֽה פ

וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜ה  the  plain 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.
עֵ֤בֶר  on  the  side 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵבֶר  
Sense: region beyond or across, side.
הַיַּרְדֵּן֙  of  the  Jordan 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַרְדֵּן  
Sense: the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km).
מִזְרָ֔חָה  east 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
וְעַ֖ד  and  as  far  as 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
יָ֣ם  the  Sea 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
הָעֲרָבָ֑ה  of  the  Arabah 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.
תַּ֖חַת  below 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת  the  slopes 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: אָשֵׁד  
Sense: foundation, slope.
הַפִּסְגָּֽה  of  Pisgah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פִּסְגָּה  
Sense: mountain in Moab on the northeast shore of the Dead Sea; site uncertain.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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