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Then the Amalekitesוַ הָעֲמָלֵקִיcame down,יֵּרֶדandוְthe Canaanitesהַכְּנַעֲנִיwho livedהַיֹּשֵׁבin thatהַהוּאhill country,בָּהָרand struck themוַיַּכּוּםand crushed themוַיַּכְּתוּםas far asעַדHormah.הַחָרְמָה
Numbers 14:45
Study it in the app“Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country, and struck them and crushed them as far as Hormah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:45, word by word
- Then the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵקִיamaleki
Amalekite
Amalekite(s): a nomadic people of southern Canaan, enemies of Israel from the exodus onward.
Where else “amaleki” appears- came downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- who livedיֹּשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- and struck themיַּכּוּyaku
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears- and crushed themיַּכְּתוּyaktu
crush
To beat something to pieces.
Where else “yaktu” appears- Hormahחָרְמָהcharma
Hormah
Hormah, a place in the south of Canaan. The name comes from the word "devote to destruction" (Numbers 21:3).
Where else “charma” appears
The context
44But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, though the ark of the covenant of YHWH and Moses did not depart from the midst of the camp.
45 · This verse (above)