Numbers 25:8

“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.”

Numbers 25:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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the alcoveקֻּבָּהkuba

alcove, tent chamber

Alcove: a tent, or the inner part of a tent, with a vaulted roof.

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and piercedיִּדְקֹרyidkor

pierce, thrust through

Pierce: wound by driving in a spear or a sword.

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both of themשְׁנֵיshene

both

The two together, both of them.

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and the womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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her bellyקֳבָתָkovata

belly

Belly.

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And the plagueמַּגֵּפָהmagefa

plague

An epidemic sent as punishment.

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was held backתֵּעָצַרteatsar

restrain

To stop something, like rain or a plague.

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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