Study it in the app“for they are harassing you with their deceptions with which they deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a chief of Midian, their sister, who was struck on the day of the plague on account of Peor.””
forכִּיtheyהֵםare harassingצֹרְרִיםyouלָכֶםwith their deceptionsבְּנִכְלֵיהֶםwith whichאֲשֶׁרthey deceivedנִכְּלוּyouלָכֶםin the matterעַל דְּבַרof Peorפְּעוֹרand in the matterוְעַל דְּבַרof Cozbi,כָּזְבִּיdaughterבַתof a chiefנְשִׂיאof Midian,מִדְיָןtheir sister,אֲחֹתָםwho was struckהַמֻּכָּהon the dayבְיוֹםof the plagueהַמַּגֵּפָהon account ofעַל דְּבַרPeor.”פְּעוֹר
harass
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsorrim” appearsdeception, scheme
Deception, a trap plotted against someone.
Where else “nichle” appearsplot, deal deceitfully
Plot against someone, act with deceit.
Where else “niklu” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appearsPeor
Peor, a mountain east of the Jordan; also the god worshiped there, Baal-peor. The name means "opening."
Where else “peor” appearsCozbi
Cozbi, a Midianite woman, daughter of a chief of Midian. The name means "false."
Where else “kazbi” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesi” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “muka” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsplague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appearsMidian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
17“Harass the Midianites and strike them,
18 · This verse (above)
