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Those who diedוַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִיםin the plagueבַּמַּגֵּפָהwere twenty-fourאַרְבָּעָה וְעֶשְׂרִיםthousand.אָלֶף
Numbers 25:9
Study it in the app“Those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 25:9, word by word
- Those who diedיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- Those who diedמֵּתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears- in the plagueמַּגֵּפָהmagefa
plague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appears- were twenty-fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- were twenty-fourעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears
The context
8He 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,