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Nowוְעַתָּהkillהִרְגוּeveryכָלmaleזָכָרamong the little ones,בַּטָּףand killוְ הֲרֹגוּeveryכָלwomanאִשָּׁהwho has knownיֹדַעַתa manאִישׁby lyingלְמִשְׁכַּבwith a male.זָכָר
Numbers 31:17
Study it in the app“Now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with a male.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:17, word by word
- killהִרְגוּhirgu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hirgu” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- among the little onesטָּףtaf
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- who has knownיֹדַעַתyodaat
lie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yodaat” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- by lyingמִשְׁכַּבmishkav
lie with
To join someone in the intimacy of a couple.
Where else “mishkav” appears
Translation note
“To know” is the Hebrew way of speaking of sexual union (Genesis 4:1).
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18But all the little ones among the women who have not known lying with a male, keep alive for yourselves.