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We devoted them to destruction,וַנַּחֲרֵם אוֹתָםasכַּאֲשֶׁרwe didעָשִׂינוּto Sihonלְסִיחֹןkingמֶלֶךְof Heshbon,חֶשְׁבּוֹןdevoting to destructionהַחֲרֵםeveryכָּלcity:עִירmen,מְתִםwomen,הַנָּשִׁיםand little ones.וְהַטָּף
Deuteronomy 3:6
Study it in the app“We devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city: men, women, and little ones.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:6, word by word
- We devoted them to destructionנַּחֲרֵםnacharem
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “nacharem” appears- we didעָשִׂינוּasinu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asinu” appears- to Sihonסִיחֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” 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
The context
5All these were cities fortified with a high wall, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled towns.
6 · This verse (above)
7But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as plunder for ourselves.