Study it in the app“But you, only keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, so that you do not devote them to destruction and then take from the things devoted to destruction and make the camp of Israel a thing devoted to destruction and bring ruin on it.”
Butוְyou,אַתֶּםonlyרַקkeep yourselvesשִׁמְרוּfromמִןthe things devoted to destruction,הַחֵרֶםso that you do notפֶּןdevote them to destructionתַּחֲרִימוּand then takeוּלְקַחְתֶּםfromמִןthe things devoted to destructionהַחֵרֶםand makeוְשַׂמְתֶּםthe campאֶת מַחֲנֵהof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלa thing devoted to destructionלְחֵרֶםand bring ruin on it.וַעֲכַרְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shimru” appearsdevoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “cherem” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “tacharimu” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lekachtem” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samtem” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” 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” appearstrouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “achartem” appears17The city shall be a thing devoted to destruction, it and all that is in it, to YHWH. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
18 · This verse (above)
19And all the silver and gold, and the utensils of bronze and iron, it is a holy thing to YHWH; it shall go into the treasury of YHWH.”
