מִישׁוֹר
mi.shor (H4334)
plain
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# מִישׁוֹר (Mishor): The Biblical Plain The Hebrew word *mishor* (H4334) denotes a "plain"—a level geographical feature. With 23 occurrences throughout the biblical text, this term served a practical function in describing the landscape of ancient Israel and surrounding regions. The word's straightforward definition reflects its literal, geographical meaning rather than any metaphorical or abstract sense. The frequency of this term across the biblical corpus suggests that plains held notable geographical importance in biblical narratives and descriptions. Rather than being incidental vocabulary, the repeated use of *mishor* indicates that writers needed to distinguish between elevated terrain and flat lands when depicting locations, routes, or territorial boundaries. This practical terminology would have been essential for audiences familiar with the topography of the Levant, where plains and highlands created distinct geographical zones relevant to settlement, travel, and military strategy. Without access to the specific contexts of these 23 occurrences, we can observe that *mishor* represents straightforward descriptive language for landscape features. Its consistency as a geographical marker across biblical texts demonstrates how ancient Hebrew vocabulary reflected the concrete realities of the physical environment in which the biblical communities lived and moved.
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We took all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;
Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let’s fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.
Muster an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.” He listened to their voice, and did so.
He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.
My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.
Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”
The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
Judgment has come on the plain country, on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,
Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’ ”
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.