Study it in the app“And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock the sons of Israel plundered for themselves; only all the human beings they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them; they did not leave anything that breathed.”
And allוְכֹלthe spoilשְׁלַלof theseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesהֶעָרִיםand the livestockוְהַבְּהֵמָהthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלplunderedבָּזְזוּfor themselves;לָהֶםonlyרַקallאֶת כָּלthe human beingsהָאָדָםthey struckהִכּוּwith the edgeלְפִיof the swordחֶרֶבuntilעַדthey had destroyedהִשְׁמִדָםthem;אוֹתָםthey did notלֹאleaveהִשְׁאִירוּanythingכָּלthat breathed.נְשָׁמָה
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelal” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “bazzu” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hiku” appearsedge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmida” appearsleave
To leave something over.
Where else “hishiru” appearsbreath
The puff of life God gave; "every living thing that draws air".
Where else “neshama” appears13Only, all the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel did not burn them, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned.
14 · This verse (above)
15Just as YHWH had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he did not remove a word of all that YHWH had commanded Moses.
