OET interlinear NUM 21:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּי־ אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽ⁠חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן לֶהָבָ֖ה מִ⁠קִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן

that/for/because/then/when fire came_out from,Heshbon flame from,city_of Şīḩōn

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that destruction will begin at Heshbon.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּי־ אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽ⁠חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן לֶהָבָ֖ה מִ⁠קִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן

that/for/because/then/when fire came_out from,Heshbon flame from,city_of Şīḩōn

Here the destroying army is spoken of as if it were a fire. Alternate translation: “King Sihon led a strong army from the city of Heshbon”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) devoured Ar of Moab

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fire came_out from,Heshbon flame from,city_of Şīḩōn eating ˊĀr Mōʼāⱱ citizens_of heights_of ʼArnōn )

The army of Sihon is spoken of as if it was an animal that ate up the city of Ar. Alternate translation: “destroyed the town of Ar in the land of Moab”