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We capturedוַנִּלְכֹּדallאֶת כָּלhis citiesעָרָיוat that timeבָּעֵת הַהִואand devoted to destructionוַנַּחֲרֵםeveryאֶת כָּלcity:עִירmen,מְתִםwomen,וְהַנָּשִׁיםand little ones;וְהַטָּףwe leftהִשְׁאַרְנוּnoלֹאsurvivor.שָׂרִיד
Deuteronomy 2:34
Study it in the app“We captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city: men, women, and little ones; we left no survivor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:34, word by word
- We capturedנִּלְכֹּדnilkod
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkod” appears- his citiesעָרָיaray
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “aray” appears- at that timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- and devoted to destructionנַּחֲרֵםnacharem
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “nacharem” appears- menמְתִםmetim
men
Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.
Where else “metim” appears- womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- and little onesטָּףtaf
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appears- we leftהִשְׁאַרְנוּhisharnu
leave
To leave something over.
Where else “hisharnu” appears- survivorשָׂרִידsarid
survivor
Survivor: one who remains alive after a battle or a disaster.
Where else “sarid” appears
The context
33And YHWH our Elohim delivered him before us, and we struck him and his sons and all his people.
34 · This verse (above)
35Only the livestock we took as plunder for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities that we had captured.