He wentוַיָּבֹאafterאַחַרthe manאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלintoאֶלthe alcoveהַקֻּבָּהand piercedוַיִּדְקֹרboth of them,שְׁנֵיהֶםthe manאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand the woman,וְ הָאִשָּׁהthroughאֶלher belly.קֳבָתָהּAnd the plagueוַ הַמַּגֵּפָהwas held backתֵּעָצַרfromמֵעַלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 25:8
Study it in the app“He went after the man of Israel into the alcove and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through her belly. And the plague was held back from the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 25:8, word by word
- He wentיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- the alcoveקֻּבָּהkuba
alcove, tent chamber
Alcove: a tent, or the inner part of a tent, with a vaulted roof.
Where else “kuba” appears- and piercedיִּדְקֹרyidkor
pierce, thrust through
Pierce: wound by driving in a spear or a sword.
Where else “yidkor” appears- both of themשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- and the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- her bellyקֳבָתָkovata
belly
Belly.
Where else “kovata” appears- And the plagueמַּגֵּפָהmagefa
plague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appears- was held backתֵּעָצַרteatsar
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “teatsar” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears
The context
7When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from the midst of the community and took a spear in his hand.
8 · This verse (above)
9Those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.