Original Language Studio
Numbers 22:3
“And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גּוּרgûwr · goor
H1481 · Hebrew
H1481 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יָּ֨גָר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 98 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:10Genesis 19:9Genesis 20:1Genesis 21:23Genesis 21:34
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גּוּר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.