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Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Have you let liveהַחִיִּיתֶםeveryכָּלfemale?נְקֵבָה
Numbers 31:15
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Numbers 31:15, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Have you let liveחִיִּיתֶםchiyitem
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chiyitem” appears- femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva
female
Female; a woman, or a female animal.
Where else “nekeva” appears
The context
14Moses was angry with the appointed officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who came from the army of the war.
15 · This verse (above)
16Look, they were, for the sons of Israel, by the word of Balaam, the cause of committing unfaithfulness against YHWH in the matter of Peor, and the plague came on the community of YHWH.