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Num. 21:14 contains one of the most enigmatic phrases in the Pentateuch: בהֵוָ־תאֶ הפָוּסבְּ. The usual interpretations of תאֶ turn the phrase into gibberish because they require the presence of a verb, which is nowhere to be found. Some scholars have supplied an understood verb; others have resorted to emendation. A better solution is available: תאֶ in our passage is a verb masquerading as a preposition. It is easily construed, without the slightest change, as an archaic apocopated/biliteral imperative of י-ת-א, meaning “come!” This construal of תאֶ transforms our understanding of Num. 21:14–20 in many ways. For example, it reveals that בהֵוָ־תאֶ ʹה תֹמחֲלְמִ רפֶסֵבְּ רמַאֵָי ןכֵּ־לעַ, “On account of that, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, ‘Come to (Mount) Waheb’,” bears a striking resemblance to ןוֹבּשְׁחֶ וּאֹבּ םילִשְֹׁמּהַ וּרמְאֹי ןכֵּ־לעַ, “On account of that, the bards say, ‘Come to Heshbon’,” thirteen verses later. More generally, the new construal, taken together with some pertinent geographic, ethnographic, and hydrologic facts, makes possible a new, more coherent reading of the entire passage.

Book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14–20)