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Onlyרַקthe livestockהַבְּהֵמָהwe took as plunderבָּזַזְנוּfor ourselves,לָנוּand the spoilוּשְׁלַלof the citiesהֶעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwe had captured.לָכָדְנוּ
Deuteronomy 2:35
Study it in the app“Only the livestock we took as plunder for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities that we had captured.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:35, word by word
- the livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appears- we took as plunderבָּזַזְנוּbazaznu
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “bazaznu” appears- and the spoilשְׁלַלshelal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelal” appears- of the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- we had capturedלָכָדְנוּlachadnu
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lachadnu” appears
The context
34We captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city: men, women, and little ones; we left no survivor.
35 · This verse (above)
36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the city that is in the wadi, as far as Gilead, there was not a town that was too high for us; YHWH our Elohim delivered all of them before us.