Study it in the app“Look, 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.”
Look,הֵןtheyהֵנָּהwere,הָיוּfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלby the wordבִּדְבַרof Balaam,בִּלְעָםthe cause of committingלִמְסָרunfaithfulnessמַעַלagainst YHWHבַּיהוָהin the matterעַל דְּבַרof Peor,פְּעוֹרand the plagueוַ הַמַּגֵּפָהcameתְּהִיon the communityבַּעֲדַתof YHWH.יְהוָה
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
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” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsBalaam
Balaam, a diviner from Mesopotamia whom the king of Moab called to curse Israel. The name perhaps means "not of the people," that is, a foreigner.
Where else “bilam” appearscause to fall
To lead others into unfaithfulness to God, making them fall.
Where else “mesar” appearsunfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsPeor
Peor, a mountain east of the Jordan; also the god worshiped there, Baal-peor. The name means "opening."
Where else “peor” appearsplague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appearsHere we learn that it was Balaam who advised making Israel fall through the women of Midian (chapter 25).
15Moses said to them, “Have you let live every female?
16 · This verse (above)
17Now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with a male.
